The struggles of a Toledo, Ohio, nonprofit agency that trains developmentally disabled adults to assemble car parts shows the recession’s particularly deep impact on the disabled, writes The Wall Street Journal.

Lott Industries, which employs some 1,200 people with developmental disabilities and has received a top auto-industry designation as a quality supplier, has lost half its revenue as contracts with belt-tightening car makers have dried up. While the organization has not let any workers go, it has reduced wages and sick pay and is using its reserve funds to maintain payroll.