MYTH: The cost of accommodating people with disabilities is prohibitive.

REALITY:

In almost 60% of cases, there are no costs related to hiring a person with a disability. There are several areas that could pose potential costs to the employer, but none of them are anywhere near "prohibitive".

In a widely accepted study conducted by the U.S. Job Accommodation Network ( JAN), workplace accommodations are shown to be low cost. (Somewhere between $300 and $500).

When you factor in the potential tax incentives and reimbursements provided to employers that hire workers with disabilities (which most of the time will more than compensate the business in full for any expenses associated with hiring a person with a disability) there's really no financial case to be made as to why a business shouldn't hire a person that has some form of disability.

One thing that a lot of businesses fear is that hiring disabled workers will increase their worker's compensation insurance rates. This is 100% false . Insurance rates are based solely on the relative hazards of the operation and the organization's accident experience (their history of workplace accidents, injuries etc.), not on whether an employer has hired workers with disabilities.