US EditionDisabled workers have faced prejudice. Now they face DOGE firings
- Spencer Goidel, a 33-year-old autistic federal worker in Florida, was laid off from his IRS equal employment opportunity specialist job in early 2025.
- Mass layoffs in the federal workforce, including disabled employees, have occurred under President Donald Trump's Republican administration amid policy changes affecting disability programs.
- Goidel benefited from Schedule A, which allows qualified disabled candidates to be hired without the traditional process, and his role focused on preventing workplace harassment lawsuits.
- More than 500,000 disabled federal workers exist, but job cuts and rollback of accommodation guidance raise concerns about reduced harassment investigations and increased litigation, according to disability advocates.
- Advocates warn that workforce reductions may diminish opportunities and government services for disabled workers, with some fearing the government’s role as a model employer might weaken.
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Disabled workers have faced prejudice. Now they face DOGE firings
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 proc…
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