Points out that the first step in the accommodation process must be an executive-level policy that affirmative action for the legally defined handicapped population will be a top priority and that many accommodations are more a matter of ingenuity than of dollars. (Author/IRT)

Describes a program that replaced trail-and-error hiring with a reliable and effective approach that includes recruitment, placement, and promotion for qualified disabled employees. Emphasis was placed on avoiding stereotypes in dealing with the handicapped. (Author/IRT)

Most of the changes that take place in an inclusionary philosophy that opens the corporation to all kinds of employees will pay for themselves many times over in tangible as well as intangible benefits to the company. (Author/IRT)