According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, In 2014, 17.1 percent of persons with a disability were employed. In contrast, the employment-population ratio for those without a disability was 64.6 percent.
Answer the following:
1. How do negative cultural assumptions and stereotypes of people with disabilities affect their ability to be employed?
2. How are issues for workplace success different for those with physical disabilities versus those who are neurodiverse, such as autistic people, or those with mental health issues, such as depression?
3. Review the neurodiversity video. What does the video about the basketball player with autism say about our cultural assumptions of people with disabilities? Do you think this video speaks well or poorly of how our society includes people with disabilities in the mainstream?
4. How does this video and the materials this week relate to the points made by Stella Young in her Ted Talk? Explain your answer.
To receive full credit, you must post a substantive and thoughtful response to the above questions