(775 ILCS 30/5) (from Ch. 23, par. 3365)

Sec. 5. It is the policy of this State that persons who are blind, persons who have a visual disability, and persons with other physical disabilities shall be employed in the State Service, 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.

(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)