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Too many intellectually disabled are still excluded from the world of work, study says ... - 10 views

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    "About 28 percent of working-age adults with intellectual disabilities have never held a job. Even those who do find jobs often end up working only part time and get lower pay than workers without disabilities, the study found. On the positive side, 62 percent of disabled people who work in a competitive setting have been there three years or more, showing they can work and stay with it." This article talks about how the disabled have a small chance at getting a job. The article states that 28% of disabled people never hold jobs because people don't give opportunities to people with disabilities.
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The Opportunity Gap - NYTimes.com - 4 views

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    "Affluent parents also invest more money in their children. Over the last 40 years upper-income parents have increased the amount they spend on their kids' enrichment activities, like tutoring and extra curriculars, by $5,300 a year. The financially stressed lower classes have only been able to increase their investment by $480, adjusted for inflation." This article talks about and describes what the opportunity gap is. Also it states that higher you are in your social class then better odds of finishing college. Also it talks about how upper men spend up to $5,300 on tutoring other things while lower class men can only afford $480 for the same things for their children.
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