I've been saying that for years.
That and if a disabled person can do a small part of a job for a percentage of the wage, and a firm can accommodate it, they should. Not to get cheap labour but to make people feel worthwhile.
Nail, on head, very firmly hit.
As I have described on other threads, my ex-sister in law (divorced from my brother in the late 00s), effectively retired the day she left school. She's huge - I estimate 19 or 20 stone - and suffers from depression, anxiety and a number of other disorders (which some family members allege are
very convenient, however I edge towards giving her the benefit of the doubt).
Even getting a small part-time job would improve her sense of self-worth, she'd have some money in her pocket, her daughter would get the message about the value of work etc. It'd help her physical health as moving about would cause her to lose weight, and she'd interact with other people, which again would help her sense of isolation.
You know the beauty of this? There's a Tesco 400yds from her house, which constantly has the sign up saying "
Vacancies - Please see Customer Services Desk and ask for Maureen" and she walks past this sign once a week to get her shopping on benefits day (or, as she calls it, with no sense of irony, "pay-day").
I know that there are entirely deserving mental health cases for whom every day is an indescribable challenge and I thank the Lord above that I've never found myself in that position. However, there are people around who can, and should, help themselves.