Sometimes I hear others in the disability community criticizing the AbilityOne Program, calling it “segregated employment.” What do you say to them?
Most AbilityOne Program jobs, nearly 80 percent, are in “integrated settings” at federal agencies, on military bases and in our communities—where people with disabilities work side by side with others who do not have disabilities. The AbilityOne law requires that at least 75 percent of the direct labor in a participating nonprofit agency be performed by people who are blind or have other severe disabilities. Thousands of people choose AbilityOne jobs and are paid either prevailing wages or at rates commensurate with their productivity. Jobs that are in what some might call “factory settings” are providing job opportunities that nonprofit agencies and the people they serve may not otherwise have. There are more than 600 qualified nonprofit agencies that provide AbilityOne job training and employment for people who are blind or have other severe disabilities. There are hundreds more nonprofit agencies that look to the AbilityOne Program to support their local vocational mission but are n
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