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People with intellectual #disabilities do lots of #jobs – but they don’t direct air traffic
No, the #FAA did not recruit people w/intellectual disabilities to work as #AirTrafficControllers.
Despite what #Trump said Thurs – "They can be air traffic controllers" – that's NOT how disability hiring works, says Chai Feldblum, a #disability lawyer & fmr commissioner of the #EEOC.
#labor #Trumpaganda #propaganda #gaslighting #discrimination #bigotry
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-5280368/intellectual-disabilities-air-traffic-controllers-faa-trump
#Disability employment #law, she says, requires "that the person with a disability must be able to perform the essential functions of the job."
And that's how it worked in the Biden Admin, says Kelly Buckland, who was the disability policy advisor to fmr #Transportation Secy #PeteButtigieg. Any hiring of people w/disabilities at the #FAA "would only be qualified people with disabilities, with the emphasis on #qualified."