It is the policy of this State that persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise disabled must be employed in the state service, in 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 persons who are not disabled, unless it is shown that the particular disability prevents the performance of the work involved. [PL 2021, c. 348, §20 (AMD).]