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Assignment 4 Disability Issue

Assignment 4 Disability Issue

Q Instructions In the last ten years or so, a number of modifications and additional amendments have been added under Presidents Clinton and G.W. Bush, including the expansion of the Act in 2008. For this week’s assignment, respond to BOTH questions: 1. How has the recession that began approximately in 2008 affected the lives of people with disabilities, i.e., have there been cuts in programs? Research the issue, and summarize your findings. (This need not be an exhaustive search, but give at least one example.) (50 points) 2. A related employment issue for persons with disabilities is the controversial existence of “sheltered workshops”. Research the issue and outline a) the positive aspects b) the negative position, and c) your own position. Justify your point of view. (50 points)

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. There had been negative impact faced by individuals with disabilities because of the ways in which the global financial condition of the different countries had become deteriorated during the 2008 recession. This is because there had been enhancement in the number of unemployed individuals with disabilities in comparison with the lower number of individuals with disabilities before recession (Brown, 2020). 13.9% had been recorded by the American statistical organizations to be the rate of unemployment for the working individuals with disabilities (Friedman & Rizzolo, 2020).