Hiring people with disabilities is beneficial for businesses for several reasons. It can attract a more diverse customer base as Americans prefer to support companies that employ disabled individuals. Employees with disabilities also provide insider knowledge about an expanded customer segment with disabilities. Additionally, businesses may be eligible for tax credits and deductions when making accommodations to hire individuals with disabilities. Hiring disabled workers can also provide benefits like untapped knowledge, fresh perspectives, and new ideas. The document provides resources for employers to assist with disability employment.

1. Hiring the Disabled is Good for Business

2.  Attract a wider and more diverse customer
base
 Americans prefer to patronize businesses
that hire people with disabilities
 Employees with disabilities give businesses
an inside advantage to an expanded
customer base

3.  Work Opportunity
Tax Credit
Program
 Disabled Access
Credit
 Barrier Removal
Tax Deduction

4.  Untapped
knowledge
 Different point of
view
 Fresh new ideas

5.  Employer Assistance and
Resource Network (EARN)
 The Workforce
Recruitment Program for
College Students with
Disabilities
 Disability Employment 101