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The disabled break prejudice barrier to enter workforce……MALIA POLITZER
The disabled break prejudice barrier to enter workforce……MALIA POLITZER
It’s difficult for the disabled to earn a living, but some determined people are helping to change that
No one would ever accuse Laxmi Ade of lacking determination. A bright young woman of 23, dressed in a sunny yellow sari, she sits with about a dozen other girls in an airy outdoor classroom, listening intently to the teacher lecture.
Every so often, Ade enthusiastically chimes in with a question or comment.
Looking at her sitting, demure but confident, among her peers, it might surprise an outside observer to learn that Ade is of- ficially 90% disabled.