Disabled Workers Hurt by DOGE Firings

Among those impacted by the Trump administration’s mass layoffs are disabled workers, who worry that they won’t be able to get such jobs in the private sector, reports the Associated Press:

Spencer Goidel, a 33-year-old federal worker in Boca Raton, Florida, with autism, knew what he could be losing when he got laid off from his job as an equal employment opportunity specialist at the IRS.

Because of his autism spectrum disorder diagnosis, Goidel had been able to secure his spot as one of more than 500,000 disabled workers in the federal government under Schedule A, which allows federal agencies to bypass the traditional hiring process and pick a qualified candidate from a pool of people with certain disabilities…

Goidel says he hopes the Trump administration realizes what it’s losing with the layoffs.

“They’re taking away people’s opportunities, and they’re taking away people’s livelihoods,” he said. “They’re also hurting people who may need a little extra help to get over the finish line and have that upward mobility.”