A landmark lawsuit claims that thousands of disabled individuals are stuck in dead-end jobs at sheltered workshops becuase of failed state programs that should be helping them obtain mainstream employment and alleges violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
At a time when the nation’s unemployment rate is trending at record levels and the unemployment rate for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan is already 11.7%, the job outlook for veterans seems pretty bleak. The numbers are even more frightening for returning women whose jobless rate has spiked to approximately 15%.