Individual Discrimination

 This statistic cam out August 25, 2010
The proportion of the population employed in 2009—the employment-population ratio—was 19.2 percent among those with a disability, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The employment population ratio for persons without a disability was 64.5 percent. The unemployment rate of persons with a disability was 14.5 percent, higher than the rate for those with no disability, which was 9.0 percent

Many disabled people who are qualified for employment opportunities are turned down frequently. While many of people with disabilities have one or a couple impairments, they all have their individual strengths just like people without disabilities. The photo above shows a woman in an interview. The interviewer must have implied verbally or non-verbally that the interviewee's disability is a deal breaker, which is why the interviewee is defending her right to be employed. Thus, the photo exemplifies Individual Discrimination.