LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Steve Barela can't wait to get to work in the morning. Sure he has to clean and he's only on the job for several hours a day. But the 42-year-old Las Crucen with a developmental disability is happy the PetCo store in town has given him an opportunity.
"I've been here a long time," Barela said. "I clean everything. I like to come here."
According to the government's Bureau of Labor Statistics, while the national unemployment rate in September was 9 percent, the rate for people with a disability jumps to nearly 15 percent.
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and the people who work with the disabled want potential employers to know that, just because someone has a disability, does not mean they cannot be a good worker.
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