People with disabilities are benefitting from the remote working boom


By AGENCY
  • Living
  • Thursday, 12 Jan 2023

Jurgen Dusel, Germany's Commissioner for the Disabled, sitting at a computer in his office where he has the tools to help him navigate the web more easily, as he has been severely visually impaired since birth. Photo: Nina Hansch/dpa

After generations of being overlooked and sidelined in the job market, Americans with disabilities are enjoying an unprecedented employment boom – thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Widespread acceptance of remote working and an overall labour shortage opened up historic opportunities for some of the nation's most skilled and underutilised workers.

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