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Review the following resources on Sheltered Workshops for people with severe disabilities: A loophole in federal law allows companies to pay disabled workers $1 an hourWhy Are People Trying to Take My Disabled Daughter’s Job Away?and any other web resources on this issue you choose to look into. There are valid arguments on both sides and no one right answer to this issue. Be sure to consider people with severe disabilities who may be nonverbal, require assistance with eating and toileting, be prone to violent outbursts, or those with sexually inappropriate behaviors. Make an argument either in favor of allowing sheltered workshops to pay workers with disabilities and sub-minimum wage, or make an argument against it.