Disability Descrimination and Work

Work place discrimination still does take place out there - Recently I was a victim of it and I guess I still am - Wife took on a new job for Honda - and trying to enroll in the Medical plan - we questioned them if I could get on there plan under the family plan - I was told that due to the fact that i am disabled and the extra costs involved. I will up every ones plan in the entire dealership around $3 per person and that No they were not willing to take me on. They were actually going to not hire her due to this if I didn't agree to roll with it... well i wanted the wife to have a new job so i rolled with it - it still is eating me up that in this day and age, a large business like Honda, they can still get away with this... GRRRRR make me furious when i think about it all !!!

I haven't come across any overt discrimination

Just asking if there are any chair people who travel as part of their work.
Would love to meet some fellow SCI teachers too.
Will be part of the Erasmus plus programme teaching Vocational education related to building services in Saldus college (Latvia) and Tallunnia Ehitushud (Estonia) next school year for two weeks. It is EU funded however i know very little about these places in terms of wheelchair access. Apart from internet searches a personal perspective would be greatly appreciated.

May i add opinion on the word discrimination used in this thread as related to employability, brings out unwarrented negativity in my opinion. it is not exclusive to disability but to any status that renders you unfit or fit for the job. A Local wheelchair SCI lady friend of mine has been appointed the dean of our sole university simply because she was most qualified. No positive or negative discrimination involved. On the other hand A disabled student had once asked me to attend an electrical course, while nothing can exclude him from attending the course and gaining certification his future employability status is compromised by logic as it is expected of him to climb ladders. Lets be pragmatic, would you personally employ and fork out money on a house electrician who cannot climb stairs or ladders? If your hard earned buisness should go bankrupt how much does any GOV or other body help you because you had employed a disabled person?. Fit for purpose in my opinion would be a design engineering course where one can match on par and exceed other competitors in terms of work deliverance. Much has been said about the rights of disabled people which may sometimes tend to scare employers off especially in the private sectors. Equally one has the right to ask; and what will employers get in return in terms of service.Personally At first i too had wanted to offer employment to a disabled person but on reading local legislation it seems rights outweigh by far the return in service. This i fear may be a bit too hard on small and private companies and scare them off. On the other had i hate seeing a fully abled person working in a GOV run dept not subject to the competitive market answering a telephone because he/she likes it cushy while a disabled person is left registering for work. Only here is where i agree with positive discrimination. When injured i too unwillingly had to re-train, go back to the books to hopefully obtain another degree to teach theory instead of practical work but in hind sight in terms of service given i can still exceed any abled bodied person  through qualifications and work performance. Hope you understand what i am trying to convey basically this type of discrimination it the same for everyone disabled or not.