Employ-Ability

Compared to non-disabled employees, individuals with disabilities generally have equal or better job performance, lower absenteeism, lower turnover, better safety record, and in most cases, NO increase in insurance or Worker's Compensation rates.
The disabled population includes many dedicated and committed employees. These individuals are proven survivors whose life experiences have endowed them with unique problem solving skills, the ability to successfully meet challenges, and to overcome adversity. These are the same qualities for which many corporations spend millions of dollars a year, in training and motivation programs, to try to teach their employees.
The qualities that most employers are looking for - ABILITY, dependability, initiative, reliability, good attendance and punctuality, efficiency, loyalty, cheerfulness, unselfishness, perserverance, and helpfulness - are qualities possessed by many individuals with disabilities.
An individual who has been rehabilitated becomes an asset to the community. People with disabilities who are placed into gainful employment each year return more to the economy of Louisiana that was expended in restoring them to employment.
There are financial incentives to hiring people with disabilities such as On the Job Training, Targeted Jobs Tax Credit, the Disabled Access Credit and the Tax Credit on Architectural and Transportation Barrier Removal.
Remember - it's the person's ABILITY that matters, not the disability.