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Something that is changing quicker than our technology is the acceptance of people with disabilities in the workforce. No longer will we be seeing people with disabilities at Jewel bagging our goods, but now working at large businesses managing the computers of the entire business. There are companies do not realize what kind of unique qualities people with special needs bring to the table. Some people fail to look past the physical differences that some disabled people obtain to see the knowledge that is inside them. Employers “are amazed to find that hiring these individuals amounts to far more than a feel-good gesture. It amounts to a smart business decision with enormous dividends.”
In an article by Carlos Slim Helu, second richest man in the world and billionaire industrialist, and Anthony K. Shriver, founder and chairman of Best Buddies International, called Pledging “I’m In To Hire” Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, tell the readers that “employing people with IDD has the potential to save the U.S government hundreds of billions of dollars on an annual basis.”
Knowing that after a 2012 calculation, “recipients with disabilities incurred the largest average Medicaid payment per person ($16,781) of any group of recipients,” it has been a goal to get disabled people into the workforce. As people claimed disabled are working, they develop a salary at work, pay taxes, and contribute to the economy, causing a huge decrease in government funding towards these people with Medicaid.
As we continue to try and decrease the debt our country is in, hiring people with special needs certainly would help. Not only are companies hiring these people because they feel it is the right thing to do, but they are “rewarded with loyal employees with resilient work ethics and positive attitudes that are instilled into the entire team.” The ripple effect of these personalities and work ethics are translated across the business which creates happier employees and happier customers.
So, the incentive of these companies is that they now know that the benefits of hiring people with disabilities are endless to themselves, as the company, and in the bigger picture, the United States as a whole. Hiring people with disabilities causes less debt in the economy, more profit to the companies, and happier workers across the country.
