Ted Kennedy Jr. Marks NDEAM; Criticizes Connecticut Budget Cuts

BLOOMFIELD, Conn. – State Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr. visited Cigna headquarters Thursday to celebrate the company's commitment to hiring people with disabilities.The Democrat from Branford also denounced the recent round of emergency cuts to the state budget ordered by Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy — including services that help people with disabilities stay in the workforce."These are the very programs that people with disabilities rely on to get training so they can seek active employment," Kennedy said. "To me, this is a misguided type of way to balance the state budget.''

Kennedy Urges Hiring of People With Disabilities

CROMWELL, CT. — With some 13 million working age Americans who have disabilities unable to find work, Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy Jr. Tuesday issued a call for employers to hire the disabled.
“This is a movement whose time has come,” Kennedy said during a forum on hiring the disabled at Crowne Plaza Hotel. “It’s the final chapter of the civil rights struggle.”
Kennedy, a lawyer, said that while the Americans with Disabilities Act, which marks its 20th anniversary next year, has been successful in some regards, meeting employment goals hasn’t been one of them.