Disability Employment
Disability employment has become an increasingly important issue in today’s economy; employment and disability are no longer seen as mutually-exclusive circumstance. These organizations are finding ways to support people with disabilities’ employment options, to identify disability jobs (open to people of all abilities) and enforce employment-related disability laws.
Organizations
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ABILITY Jobs/JobAccess is dedicated to providing resources to help people with disabilities find employment.
ACCSES is dedicated to improving independent living, education, and employment for people with disabilities.
APSE is dedicated to advocating for equal employment opportunities and experiences for people with disabilities.
Cancer and Careers provides a comprehensive website and free publications in English and Spanish as well as a series of support groups and educational seminars for employees with cancer, their employers, coworkers and healthcare providers. Please visit us at www.cancerandcareers.org.
Center for Workers with Disabilities
CWD's goal is to improve employment support programs for people with disabilities.
Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation
CSAVR is dedicated to sustaining a national program of public vocational rehabilitation services that assists peple with disabilities in gaining independence, employment, and equality.
Department of Labor - Unemployment Offices
National resource for employment.
Disabilities At Work (DAW) is a two-pronged national initiative focused on providing opportunities for businesses to acquire and display a visible symbol of their support for people with disabilities and opportunities for advocates to reward and patronize businesses that display the DAW logo on their facilities, websites and/or products. Visit www.DisabilitiesAtWork.org to find out how you can get involved and help raise awareness of issues facing people with disabilities.
Disabled Businesspersons Association (DBA)
The Disabled Businesspersons Association (DBA) is a charitable, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to assisting active and enterprising individuals with disabilities, and professionals in vocational rehabilitation, career development and business consulting, nationwide. All services related to vocational rehabilitation,self-employment evaluation, business start-up, launch, management, and business exit are provided. Visit www.DisabledBusiness.com, call (619) 594-8805 or Email Info@DisabledBusiness.com.
ExceptionalNurse.com is a nonprofit 501 (c) 3 resource network committed to inclusion of more people with disabilities in the nursing profession. By sharing information and resources, ExceptionalNurse.com hopes to facilitate inclusion of students with disabilities in nursing education programs and foster resilience and continued practice for nurses who are, or become, disabled.
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