Walgreen Co. worked with the Anderson County Disabilities and Special Needs Board and the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department to develop training for people with special needs. Features like flexible workstations that adjust for height, touch-screen computers with large icons, and easy-to-read signs allow the DC to accommodate people with a variety of physical or mental challenges.

The DC’s design makes work easier for all employees, with or without a disability, said Randy Lewis, senior vice president of distribution and logistics for Walgreen Co. It also makes the company more efficient and ultimately saves money, he added.

“In designing this facility, we believed we could employ a large number of people with disabilities, while holding them to the same performance standards as all [employees],” he said. “This is a business, not a charity, and our employees with disabilities earn the same pay and benefits as other employees for the same work..”

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