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Ellis, Fortunately, many individuals with disabilities gravitate to their areas of strength when they are looking for employment in a way that is not possible when they are in school. In school, the tasks are the same for everyone and there is a standard means of accomplishing things. In truth, there are few jobs that have the individual doing EVERYTHING that might be done within a profession. That provides a little flexibility (for example, a nursing student who runs into trouble trying to transfer patients when in school (because of size or strength) can work their whole professional lives in… >>>
Heather, Those are good questions. Let me answer in reverse order. Yes, employers DO have the same obligation to provide reasonable accommodations as do educational institutions (employers are covered until Title I of the ADA, schools under Titles II or III). Could knowledge of disability inappropriately influence hiring decisions. Yeah -- it could. That is part of the reason that it is expressly illegal to ask, on an application or in an interview, if someone has a disability. At the same time, there are ways that people with disabilities can learn to "sell" their disability. For example, they can go… >>>
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