It's business. He'll be first laid off because he can't produce as much as is needed. If one has to choose between someone who is quick and accurate and someone who is slow and accurate, a business has to choose the quicker one; they don't have the luxury of not making money, otherwise they won't be able to employ/pay anyone at all! The company went from like 125 people when I started there and when our industry had a big downturn around 2003-2004 (the people who hired our firm weren't hiring any firms), it went down to like 40-60 people and then which this economy of a couple years ago, it's now at less than 10 and only my girlfriend is full time!

Businesses get incentives from the governments (tax breaks, etc.) for hiring the handicapped and our company loved Gary and some people went before him (who had been hired after him, and weren't as "good" (fast alone won't do it :-) but eventually there was no choice.