Senator Murray: “What’s promising is that during this pandemic, we’ve seen a widespread use of inclusive practices that can make work more accessible … This is great news—so we need to act on the lessons of this pandemic if we want to ensure that recent progress is a foundation for lasting change.”
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a hearing on overcoming barriers to employment for workers with disabilities and building on recent progress, including the widespread use of inclusive practices to make work more accessible—like flexible schedules and remote options.
The hearing marked the first hearing on disability employment since the Committee last discussed the topic in 2014—but many of the challenges workers with disabilities faced then still persist today. In the hearing, Senator Murray highlighted how workers with disabilities c0ntinue to face unacceptable wage discrimination, inaccessible workplaces, damagingly low—and false—expectations about what they can accomplish, and ableism and discrimination in hiring.
“In the aftermath of this pandemic, workers with disabilities aren’t just grappling with lost wages, job loss, and long-term unemployment. They are still facing other longstanding barriers to joining the workforce, participating in their communities, and obtaining economic self-sufficiency,” said Senator Murray. “Barriers like ableism, damagingly low—and...
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