Disability and procedural fairness in the workplace

Abstract

In a recent law review article, Peter Blanck (2006) writes movingly about disabled individuals' experiences with, and reactions to, workplace discrimination, "they wanted real jobs. They did not want to live on welfare checks; they wanted paychecks. They fought to be participants in society and not view the world as outsiders from a nursing home bed." (p. 694). Blanck's stories are about disabled Americans who fought against discrimination. The individuals were discriminated against because of their disabilities: they were fired from their jobs; denied the necessary accommodations to perform their assigned tasks; and denied equal access to governmental services and public facilities. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.