Health Equity

Locked into poverty: Impossible choices forced on the disabled

Abstract: Nearly 30 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act first outlawed workplace discrimination on the basis of disability, more disabled people live in poverty than when the law was passed. It’s a complex problem with many factors.

Date Published: December 2, 2019

Author(s): S.I. Rosenbaum

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