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Individuals with intellectual disabilities are often overlooked in the workplace, especially when it comes to positions of leadership, due to misconceptions that they cannot perform the same tasks as employees without disabilities.
“People with intellectual disabilities, the world over, are pretty much told very often that they’re not worth a lot or they don’t have a full contribution to make to society,” says Denis Doolan, chief of organizational excellence at Special Olympics International.
Amanda Schiavo is an associate editor of Employee Benefit News. Follow her on Twitter at @SchiavoAmanda.
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