Employer Attitude
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20 False Assumptions to Tackle as an Equal Opportunity Employer
"...perspectives about what is most harmful in hindering...efforts to gain meaningful
employment."
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Overcoming
Obstacles
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Ability and Tenacity "A young woman, who is a congenital amputee, desired to go into
medicine. Her first step in preparing for her medical career was to become an emergency
medical technician more commonly known as ambulance attendant or paramedic."
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Employer Attitude
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Attitude, Not Cost, Barrier to Disabled Workers "Recent data shows employers who
make an effort to accommodate employees with disabilities can do so at little cost and great
benefit, exposing deeper discrimination behind dismal employment numbers."
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Caregiving
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Balancing Work and Caregiving "You have a stressful deadline at work, and your
father woke you up every night this week. The home nurse didn't come on time, and
your supervisor asked why you were late to work again."
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Assisted Living
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Boom expected in assisted living "There are many elderly people in our society
who need assistance with some basic daily tasks but refuse to give up living a
somewhat independent lifestyle. Still in its infancy, assisted living provides senior
citizens the opportunity to live in a semi-inde- pendent environment."
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Safety
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Can a disabled worker put himself at risk? "Court hears case of worker who wants
a job that, employer says, could prove fatal."
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Overcoming
Obstacles
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Candidates with Abilities "...while there has been some improvement...for workers
with severe disabilities, obstacles persist."
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Disability Survey
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Career Selection and Use of Accommodations by Students with Disabilities in
Rehabilitation Education Programs "The Rehabilitation Counselor Disability
(RCD) Survey was administered to 186 rehabilitation students throughout the United
States. Data were gathered related to disability (prevalence and type), program
awareness of disability, influence of disability upon career choice, levels of functional
limitation, and use of accommodations.
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Organizations
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Chamber of Commerce for Individuals with DisAbilities (CCID) " The Chamber
is a national consumer volunteer organization that uses business principles to improve
the economic status of individuals with disabilities, who are disadvantaged, or who
are unemployed."
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Overcoming
Obstacles
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Communicating with People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing "Here is some
general advice for communicating clearly in the workplace with people who are deaf
or hard of hearing A small amount of thought and effort in communicating with deaf
and hard of hearing people can make a huge difference."
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Careers
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Disabled Workers Advance in High-Tech Careers "People with disabilities are
the nation's largest minority"
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Choices
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Disabled workers deserve real choices, real jobs "Not so long ago, work wasn't
even a possibility. People with developmental disabilities and their families had two
options: stay home or go into an institution."
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Medicare
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Effort grows to abolish Medicare 'homebound' rule "Atlanta resident David
Jayne is the catalyst for a newly formed national grassroots effort to amend
Medicare's "homebound" policy."
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"Voluntary" Surveys
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Equal Opportunity Employer? "Several months ago, while searching for a job, I
came across a company, which had placed an advertisement for copywriters and
proofreaders. Since I could apply online, I emailed them my resume and cover letter.
The following day, I was glad to see they had replied. However, upon reading their
message, my enthusiasm dwindled. They had asked me to fill out a “voluntary”
survey..."
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Explaining Career
Gaps
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Explaining a Career Gap Spent Caring for a Child With Autism "Question: I'm a
49-year-old dad who stepped out of the work force for several years to care for my
son, who has Asperger's syndrome. I've relied on part-time consulting work. I'm now
looking for a job, but I sense my resume is finding its way into the recycling bin due to
my 'walk on the child side.' Any suggestions?"
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ADD
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For Learning-Impaired Adults, Hardest Part of a Job Is Keeping It "Dan
Edmonston, a college graduate who enjoys customer service, tries to hide his ADD on
the job to avoid being stigmatized. He and his family members say he has a strong
work ethic, but he has been fired a half-dozen times anyway, by employers who don't
understand why he has trouble with distractions and disorganization."
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Interview
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Interviewing - Technique Etiquette These are interviewing tips for an employer
interviewing a person with a disability.
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Resources
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Jobs and Scholarships "A searchable database of jobs available throughout IHS
facilities, tribally operated health programs, and urban Indian health programs."
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Job Search
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Job Hunting When You're Disabled "I have great abilities but also a disability..."
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Resources
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"The National Assistive Technology Technical Assistance Partnership
(NATTAP) is a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Department of Education
and The Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North
America (RESNA) to provide assistance in reducing barriers and increasing access
to assistive technology (AT) devices and services for consumers with disabilities of all
ages."
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Survey Results
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Prevalence of Disability Among Working-age People According to the Survey of
Income and Program Partici-pation (SIPP), 32.1 million working-age people (or
18.7% of the population age 15 to 64) have a disability."
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Social Security
Claims Process
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Sweeping New Social Security Disability Regulations Effective August 1, 2006
"The new regulations changing the Social Security Disability Claims Process [took]
effect August 1, 2006. Many Social Security Disability lawyers have commented
regarding the pros and cons of these new rules..."
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Medicaid
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Texas gets Medicaid waiver for 4,000 people "[On February 24, 2004] ...the U.S.
Dept. of Health and Human Services' Centers on Medicaid and Medicare Services
approved...Medicaid "home and community- based services waiver[s]...allow[ing]
states to waive Medicaid regulations."
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Safety
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Young Workers' Health and Safety Website! "This
site is a project of the California Resource Network for Young Worker Health and
Safety. [their] goal is to help prevent young workers from being injured on the job."
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