ABC News covers Walgreens efforts to hire disabled workers

More than 40 percent of the 700 workers at a South Carolina Walgreens distribution center are disabled, and according to the corporation, the efforts are due to a Walgreens executive who has a son with autism.

ABC News did a report on Walgreens' program on Feb. 11. It's an excellent story that interviews about five people with different disabilities and lets them tell about their work experience from their personal perspective.

However, the headline on the ABC news web site is offensive and patronizing to both Walgreens and its disabled workers: "How one super store is saving the disabled." Really? The story explains that Walgreens doesn't see it that way, but they just had a need for hard-working employees and found them among the disability community. But either someone complained about the headline or ABC realized it was inaccurate because while I was writing this on Feb. 28, it was changed to: "Employees at This Walgreens Distribution Center Are More Able Than Disabled." That's better.