By Shanique Speight For far too long, people with disabilities have faced significant challenges finding gainful employment and participating in the workforce. Even with laws in place to ban discrimination, those with disabilities are twice as likely to live in poverty because the odds are stacked against them when it comes to pursuing higher education and finding adequate employment. As recently as 2020, the unemployment rate for working-age persons with disabilities was 13.3%, almost double the unemployment rate for those without disabilities. It is unacceptable that our family members, frie…