[§347-20  Legislative findings.]  The
legislature finds that it is the policy of this State to encourage and enable
the blind, the visually handicapped, and the otherwise physically disabled to
participate fully in the social and economic life of the State and to engage in
remunerative employment.  The legislature also finds that the blind, the
visually handicapped, and the otherwise physically disabled have the same right
as the able-bodied to the full and free use of the streets, highways,
sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, and other public
places.  The legislature declares that it is the policy of this State that the
blind, the visually handicapped, and the otherwise physically disabled shall be
employed in the state service, in the service of the political subdivisions of
the State, in the public schools, and in all other employment supported in
whole or in part by public funds on the same terms and conditions as the
able-bodied, unless it is shown that the particular disability prevents the
performance of the work involved. [L 1972, c 75, §1]