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Where I am located it seems to me that: Many disabled people want to work but can't spend as many hours doing all it takes to find a job. There needs to be help for people with disabilities that have degrees and/or training but little work experience. A BS degree is not enough to count for 2 years work experience. It should count for something, even if someone majored in fine arts. My degree is considered to be a liberal arts degree. In my state the help I got from the state agency to help disabled people was horrible. In 1 year and 3 months: I got 2 resumes and attended a job search lecture/workshop. I already was familiar with everything that was mentioned in the job search lecture/workshop. I was also directed to attend job fairs. These were completely worthless... most of the jobs were unsuitable: either working rotating shifts, commission only etc. Also there were many private colleges trying to find students to enroll. My help was terminated when I had an accident after I was coming back from an inquiry about a job interview I was trying to get. The agency was aware of the job I was trying to get and what I was doing. My accident caused me to be unable to work for over 6 months. It was not my fault. I was not able to recover any money in a lawsuit. I could never even far enough to get to a lawsuit. Since I could not hunt for a job, 5 days a week mainly using the internet, my contract was terminated. An agency should not be able to drop a client, in a situation like mine... my agreement with them should have been able to be put on hold for up to 1 year with a doctor's note. There needs to be some kind of national network that helps disabled people and not just local or state agencies. Many states have critera that exclude many disabled persons from help and continue to want this to occur, because of the funding issues. The whole problem is the approach seems to be piecemeal and varies greatly from one state to another and from one metro area to another.

You understand a person with disabled feeling. if feeling than active otherwise not

We work for person with Disabilities. When a Disable man/woman said give a job. They don't give his job. Its a true reality In this World everywhere. We no need our development. Engage me job than you Develop them

Thanks for shining a light on the problem of the under-count of Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers. The 16% "official" unemployment rate among people with disabilities does not count all those who are not "officially" unemployed, just as the "official" 8% overall unemployment rate masks the millions who have given up or aren't actively seeking a job for whatever reason. What a waste of human talent!