Patrick Chapman, 27, prepares for customers Thursday, March 2, 2023, at The Golden Scoop, an Overland Park, Kan., ice cream and coffee shop that employs workers with developmental disabilities, paying them more than minimum wage. But some disabled workers employed at so-called sheltered workshops are earning far less than minimum wage, an issue that has captured the attention of lawmakers in the state. Disability rights advocates say the practice is discriminatory and more than a dozen states have banned such wages. Photo Credit: AP Photo/Heather Hollingsworth
By John Hanna, AP Political Writer Kansas legislators are considering a proposal that many disability rights advocates say would encourage employers to keep paying disabled…
