The problem is companies will hire the most able-bodied first. Marginal people like the ones in this article will be the last to be hired--and that means in a less than robust economy they simply won't be hired, period.
As far as I'm concerned our definition of disability is wrong. If your maladies mean nobody is willing to hire you, you're disabled regardless of whether there's a job that you could be at least marginally productive at.
As far as I'm concerned our definition of disability is wrong. If your maladies mean nobody is willing to hire you, you're disabled regardless of whether there's a job that you could be at least marginally productive at.