A Better Way Why is there any question about the propriety of hiring the physically handicapped. No one who understands their needs can condone this attitude. The offering of employment should not be considered a largess. There should be no need to vindicate the hiring of handicapped. The only criterion should be what he is capable of doing. If this is the approach, the handicapped will not feel he is an encumbrance to his boss. The employer, on the other hand, will find it conducive to good work and will not repent his having tried something new and to mollify his conscience. Even for the most mercenary employer, there should be no reticence in eliciting the best which is possible from the handicapped worker. a bolt from the blue--a great surprise. The windfall from his distant cousin came like a bolt from the blue.