Comment on FR Doc # 2012-03106

I support the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program's proposed regulation strengthening Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and adding a utilization goal to hold contractors accountable for hiring people with disabilities. I urge OFCCP to move forward with their proposal, mentioned as under consideration in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, to establish a sub-goal for individuals with targeted disabilities with the greatest history of exclusion from the workforce. I urge OFCCP to implement such a sub-goal and to include the autism spectrum and other developmental disabilities as within the sub-goal's "targeted disability" category, and to clarify in the Final Rule that contractors should only be able to count individuals in integrated employment settings towards meeting their affirmative action obligations, not individuals employed through subcontracts to sheltered workshops.