Hiring People With Disabilities Isn’t Just the Right Thing to Do—It’s Good for Business

“Attacking people with disabilities is the lowest display of power I can think of”

-Morgan Freeman

There are people in life who deal with things that they particularly don't get to chose if they wanna deal with it or not. These people are considered disabled people and struggle with a physical or mental defect that affects their whole life. These people get treated like they are not the same and get excluded from society, all because they are a little different than most people. People with severe physical disabilities are like anyone else, should get the same chances, and financial help that everybody should get.

Some people believe that helping people with a disability is an inconvenience and a waste of their money. People don't care that this is happening in the world, if it is not in their family its not their problem. These people will walk the earth like they own the place treating people as they want to treat them. “It amazes me how people can go through life with such a bad attitude. Life is what you make it, so put on a smile and lighten up”(Hamilton). People have said if it doesn't directly affect them, then it is not their problem to deal with; and when they become stuck in a difficult time in their life then they expect great things from kind caring people to come in and help them out. Just by not taking action with helping they are being an enabler for more people to think it is ok to not help.

What kind of employers hire people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)? You might imagine that they’re like George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life—big-hearted souls that sacrifice their business’s profits to improve their communities. According to Elizabeth Picciuto, a new study, however, shows that hiring people with IDD doesn’t mean that employers have jettisoned their business interests. On the contrary, hiring people with IDD is good for the bottom line. Mr. Potter should have a look.

The study was conducted by the Institute for Corporate Productivity, or i4cp, a company that analyzes the practices of high-performance organizations. Among some of the striking findings are just how many employers believe that their employees with IDD offer specific benefits to their workplaces. More than three-quarters of employers surveyed ranked their employees with IDD as good or very good on work quality, motivation, engagement, integration with co-workers, dependability, and attendance. Many employers reported being initially leery of hiring people with IDD, only to see their concerns dissolve after the employees were on board.

“The positive impact on the workforce is brought about in two ways: hiring individuals with IDD adds highly motivated people to the workforce (which can lead to increased productivity) and it promotes an inclusive culture that appeals to the talent pool organizations want to attract,” reads the study. “The improved customer satisfaction realized can lead to better sales and customer retention. The enhanced employer brand can translate to a better image in the community.”

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/hiring-people-with-disabilities-isnt-just-the-right-thing-to-doits-good-for-business