Feminists with Disabilities reports on adults with intellectual disabilities being paid $0.41 per hour to work at a meat-packing plant in Iowa. Some of the men removed from the plant had worked there since the 1970s, living in an unheated bunkhouse in conditions "worse than squalor".

This is a horrific case. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for employers and agencies to exploit people with intellectual disabilities in this way, paying wages far below minimum wage. These workplaces are mostly unknown to the general public, and even this awful story has generated little attention. I know it is difficult to read, but I think it is an important reminder of how ableism functions in our capitalist society.