Working With a Disability

Having a disability doesn’t need to keep one from having a productive career. Many people with disabilities can work and the jobs they can hold vary with each individual’s abilities and limitations. What’s important to remember is that no one but the individual, in consultation with his or her healthcare professional, has the right to decide what job he or she can hold.

There are several laws which protect the workplace rights of Americans with disabilities. Included are several sections of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. These sections prohibit federal agencies from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities, require contractors and subcontractors who have a contract with the federal government for $10,000 or more annually to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities, prohibit recipients of federal financial assistance from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities in employment and in their programs and activities.

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