"WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY"

	Trevor Armbrister Senior Staff Editor Reader's Digest Association Inc. Pleasantville, NY 10570 Dear Mr. Armbrister, I found your article A Good Law Gone Bad in this months Reader's Digest very enlightening. I knew the legislation had not had the effect so many people had dreamed of but I had no idea that this attempt to improve the human condition had been so perverted. Your statement "In fact, between 1991 and 1994, the employment rate of all disabled Americans increased just three-tenths of one percentage point." makes the point that I have been trying to get addressed for several years, without success. I have reached out to my state delegate, my representative to the U.S. House of Representatives and both Senators from Virginia. No help has been forthcoming. I spoke at a NIDRR public meeting in January. I was the only speaker there that was not asking for funding! I was there to say that the Government does not need to fund all of these public and private sector enterprises. What the Government needs to do is convince employers of the tremendous value people with disabilities can have on their business operations. If a business can exploit these peoples intellect, it will be in their own best financial interest to provide whatever assistive technology is required. Everything will follow the natural flow of economics. But how do fix the blind spot in these companies that can not see the intrinsic value of this idle workforce? Please continue on this thread of A Good Law Gone Bad and use your gifts to reach out to help the many deserving people that can not do it themselves. Sincerely, Rex A. Hoover (unpublished by recipient)