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Title: Job Security Was Already Precarious For Individuals With Disabilities. Then COVID Hit.

*Author: *Monica Torres

*Source: *HuffPost

*Date:* July 23, 2020

*Summary: *“When the labor market is really tight, employers can’t afford to discriminate, because they’ve got to get those workers in there,” said Douglas Kruse, a co-author of that layoff research and co-director of Rutgers University’s Program for Disability Research with Lisa Schur. “Whereas when there’s recessions, then employers can be choosy about whom they pick and that’s a time when discrimination can come into play.”

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