Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, discussed the challenges facing the blind and disabled and what government can do to help. Milkman headed the group that works to harness government's purchasing power to buy goods from blind and severely disabled workers for more than 11 years. I think the major challenge at the turn of the century is still attitude.
Employers are still concerned about liability, sick leave and financial burdens.
They're also concerned that someone with a disability can't do the job. We have a committee member who is both legally blind and deaf who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. She came out with an MBA and a 3.8 grade point average. No one would hire her. She finally got a job and went on to get a law degree from Columbia University.