...via the seattlepi....
In this opinion piece, Toby Olson, the executive secretary of the Governor's Committee on Disability Issues and Employment, writes about the misperceptions of life with a disability and notes the lack of progress in the area of employment for those with disabilities .
He writes that we need to start a dialogue to address the gaps between what people perceive life with a disability to be and what it is in reality in order to make further progress.
He also reminds readers that October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
1 comment:
Great article. I think you've covered many of these issues on this blog. People make many wrong assumptions about disability and this doesn't help. He points out that Hollywood adds to the problem. I think we will be starting more dialogues as more of us with disabilities get out and participate.
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