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Originally Posted by Xientie
Babies, Children, Students and the Elderly will be excused from the reform.
Disabled men and woman who are able to work should be incouraged to do so. So who can't walk can work at computer stations ect. Their is a job for everyone in this world and a person to fit that job  . |
If you are a medical student (as you state in the New Members thread), you seem to have a rather worrying lack of a grasp on disability. You can't just divide the disabled into those that can work and those that can't. You have to take some account of their disability.
You would also need to find them a job that they were able to do. One example is Thomas T (above). He is legally blind (sorry if I am wrong Thomas, can't remember if you are blind or partially sighted). As such, he would need extra equipment and facilities where he worked. Such as screen readers and speakers/headphones for his PC, possibly a Braille keyboard. People with other disabilities may also need other changes to the environment or helpers. For instance, I work in a Uni computer lab. We had a quadraplegic student join one of our courses. We had to have a special workstation built (designed to accomodate his wheelchair which was a rather large vehicle) and he also needed a carer/secretary as he didn't have enough movement to manipulate a computer keyboard).
I've rambled a little but my central point is that there are a lot of potential jobs, but there are a lot less that are suitable for the disabled (no one would argue, for instance, that a wheelchair bound person would be a good brickie).
I think that it is good that the government has passed laws to force companies and other organisations to provide facilities for the disabled (although interestingly it was the Tories rather than the so called caring Labour Party that started the DDA), but they can't force employers to create jobs that aren't there.
The fact is that there *isn't* a job for everyone in this world.