Employment

Real Work for Real Pay

Too many people with disabilities remain unemployed or stuck in dead-end "jobs" that pay them less than the minimum wage. The Client Assistance Program (CAP) and Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Network are working to change these outcomes, providing advocates to people with disabilities who want real jobs. NDRN advocates for changes in laws to further the ability of people with disabilities to work in real jobs for fair pay.

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Real Work: Segregated and Exploited

In reports released in 2011 and 2012, NDRN found a total failure of the disability service system to provide quality work for people with disabilities. The reports blast segregated work, sheltered environments and low wages for people with disabilities and highlight a massive breakdown between good federal and state policies and their implementation and oversight.

2016 update: Nearing the End of Sheltered and Segregated Employment

Read the 2012 Report     Read the 2011 Report

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    This film follows Monica Wiley, a Black disabled woman, as she travels the East Coast ahead of the 2024 generational election, interviewing voters with disabilities.

  • Employment

    NDRN joins other organizations calling for the end of the use of subminimum wages

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    The National Disability Rights Network joined over 20 other organizations in a letter to the United States Department of Labor reiterating opposition to the continued use of 14(c) certificates.

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    PandA Pod: NDEAM Remix

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