Word: computerize
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Nine years after the passage of the ADA, which was designed to prohibit discrimination in the workplace against those with disabilities, the situation has changed for America's disabled--and for their employers. In large ways and small--but mostly small--American businesses have adapted themselves to make the disabled...
Marriott project manager Preston Joyce, 36, who lost his right arm in a motorcycle accident at age 18 and wears a prosthesis, bolsters Keegan's assertions. Hired by the company in 1984, he is a technology specialist in the human resources department. He was one of the first in the...
Smaller corporations have followed the Marriott example. Terry Neese, who owns a personnel agency with a staff of 14 in Oklahoma City, makes an effort to work with local training institutes in her area to help place people with disabilities in jobs. Neese's personal motivation: her granddaughter Emily, 4...
High-tech firms and computer companies, with their easier access to and knowledge of new technology, are often in the vanguard of efforts to work with the disabled. Hewlett-Packard Co., for one, has educated its managers about devices that can be used to assist employees who are blind or...
Kansas City-based Sprint is another activist firm that has reached out to local organizations and identified qualified people with disabilities for a host of jobs, says Margaret Hastings, the company's human-resources manager. According to the communications giant, an estimated 385 employees out of a total of 51...