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Job supervisors with disabilities can boost productivity, new research shows

Written by Dustin Cole, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management, Auburn University

It can be easier to discuss your disability when your boss has one too.Westend61/Getty Images

Some large companies, such as Walgreens, Wells Fargo and Proctor & Gamble, are successfully integrating people with disabilities into their labor forces.

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