Tag: PBS NewsHour
The Creative Growth art center was founded 50 years ago in Oakland, Calif., to provide the space and materials artists with disabilities need for their work. This wonderful PBS NewsHour video tells the story of how their paintings, sculptures, and video installations went on display at the prestigious San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, or…
In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act establishing the federal minimum wage. Yet Section 14(c) of the act allowed employers to pay people with disabilities less than the minimum wage. Under 14(c), these workers, who often have cognitive or intellectual disabilities, are earning as little as $4 or $5 per…