Disability Employment and Job Finding Information: Publications and Documents
Summary
The database below contains a comprehensive collection of publications focused on disability employment issues. It includes articles, news updates, and resources covering various aspects of employment for people with disabilities. The publications address topics such as job search strategies, workplace accommodations, disability rights in the workplace, and initiatives to promote inclusive employment practices. This database serves as a valuable resource for individuals with disabilities, employers, policymakers, and researchers seeking information on disability employment matters.Searching the Database
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| Title and Description | Ed | Publish Revised |
|---|---|---|
| Helping Neurodivergent Job Seekers Assess Workplace Fit Raaha is a free tool that compares a job description with how you prefer to work, giving neurodivergent job seekers a fit score and questions to ask. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Access Rider: Working Document for Disability Needs (With Example Template) An access rider is a working document setting out your disability, medical, or Neurodivergent access needs so organizations can remove barriers. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Helping to Close the Hiring Gap for Autistic Job Seekers VCU study reveals neurodiversity training for interviewers and autism disclosure by candidates increase hiring chances for autistic job seekers. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Employing Individuals with Disabilities Enhances Hotel Guest Experience and Perceptions Effects of disability employment on guest perceptions and behavioral intentions in the hotel sector. | ✓ ✓ | |
| How Disabled People Can Become Successful in the Labor Market How quality education in relevant fields, supported by state or private funding, is crucial for increasing employment opportunities for disabled in the US. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Barriers to Entry for Disabled Tech Professionals Research into barriers and challenges disabled tech professionals face when obtaining certifications. | ||
| Many Orthotists Want to Quit the Profession Over a third of orthotists, specialists who improve quality of life for people with long-term conditions and disabilities would leave the profession if they could. | ||
| European Space Agency Seeks Parastronaut Recruit ESA looking to recruit first disabled parastronaut for possible space missions to the International Space Station (ISS), The Moon and Mars. | ||
| 2020 Canadian Employer Summer Job Funding Applications The Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) program helps employers create quality summer job opportunities and provide valuable work experience for youth aged 15 to 30. | ||
| Lime Connect Partners on Ground-breaking Corporate Disability Study A report titled Disabilities and Inclusion has uncovered that employees with disabilities make up an enormous talent pool that employers overlook far too often. | ||
| Career Education Research for Students with Autism and Developmental Disabilities Project Discovery is a hands-on career education curriculum with systematic instruction and video modeling. | ||
| Magnet: Online Job Matching for Canadians with Disability Disability Discovery Project and Magnet online employment matching platform connects people with disabilities to employers. | ||
| Want to Be a Doctor But Have a Disability? For many young people with disabilities the dream of being a doctor may die when admission standards of most medical schools are checked. | ||
| Weight-loss Surgery Employment Discrimination Employers less willing to hire someone who had lost weight through surgery rather than through a change in lifestyle and behavior. | ||
| People with Disabilities Earn 37% Less on Average Among workers with high school degree or equivalent, those with disabilities earned on average less than their peers. | ||
| Autism Expanded Employment Readiness Program Exceptional Minds prepares young men and women living with autism for meaningful careers in digital animation, post-production, visual effects and multimedia. | ||
| 39% of Canadian Small Businesses Hire People with Disabilities BMO Financial Group study found four in 10 (39 percent) of Canadian small business owners indicated they had hired someone with a disability. | ||
| Employing Largest Untapped Work Force - People with Disabilities Article by SourceAmerica on employment assistance for people with disabilities. Topics include education, leveraging existing resources, and current public policy. | ||
| Workplace and Corporate Wellness Programs Information relating to wellness programs in the workplace including weight management, health education, on-site fitness and other programs. | ||
| Disappointing Results for Disability Employment Data in August New data report shows employment ratio decreased from 27% in August 2012 to 26.4% in August 2013 for working age people with disabilities. | ||
| In Employment Situations Extra Pounds Can Equal Disability Reclassification by the AMA affect employment practices by making it easier for employees to claim they suffer from disabilities and make it harder for employers to oppose claims for impairment. | ||
| Disability Divide Between Employee and Employer Views CDA study reveals significant gaps between employer and employee perceptions about disability risk, income loss, and the importance of disability insurance. | ✓ ✓ | |
| VA Employment for Disabled The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is committed to increasing representation of qualified persons with disabilities in every level of its workforce. | ||
| Hire More People with Disabilities! - Fortune 500 CEOs Challenge NOD is challenging Fortune 500 CEOs to consider employing more people with disabilities in 2013. | ||
| NASA to Mentor Students with Disabilities NASA Office of Education agreement with District of Columbia Public Schools to foster science technology engineering and educational opportunities for high school students with disabilities. | ||
| Airport Wheelchair Service Employees: Aviation Access Certification Program Aviation Access Certification Program is designed to raise quality and standardize service by airline wheelchair service employees nationwide. | ||
| People with Disabilities and Employment Article examines finding employment in today's society when living with a disability or health condition. | ||
| Importance of Testing the Waters Before Changing Jobs Quitting or losing your day job may offer you an opportunity to convert your talent into a paying profession. | ||
| Rising Unemployment Rate for People With Disabilities People with disabilities experienced an unemployment rate nearly 74 percent higher than the rate for people with no disability. | ||
| ICESCR: People with Disabilities and Employment in America Nations that signed the Covenant agreed to achieve the full realization of peoples right to work through inclusion of a number of efforts. | ||
| Workers Compensation Benefits for Pre-existing Injuries Made Worse On the Job When underlying juries are not work related workers compensation benefits may be available to employees whose duties cause an already existent condition to worsen and be disabling. | ||
| Veterans: Employers and Service Connected Disability Examines veterans with service connected injuries or disabilities and questions related to employers Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations, and the processes involved. | ||
| Hiring Bias a Barrier to Success in Workforce for People with Disabilities in Canada Unemployment among Canadians with disabilities is disproportionate to general population and to a degree attributable to hiring bias that should be eliminated from Canadian corporations. | ||
| Workers with Disabilities Can Help Economy Grow Encouraging public and private sectors to hire applicants with disabilities and benefit from the unique talents they bring to the workplace. | ||
| Work and Employment for Disabled Examines employment and work issues for persons with a disability including benefits of hiring people with disabilities and related information. | ||
| Working Mothers - Effects on Children New report shows the ideal scenario for children was where both parents lived in the home and both were in paid employment. | ||
| Employment Option Resources for Disabled Job Seekers Employment Options: The Ultimate Resource for Job Seekers with Disabilities and Other Challenges, written by Paula Reuben Vieillet, engages readers to interact in a way similar to working with a job placement specialist. | ||
| U.S. Family and Medical Leave Act: Unpaid Leave The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law that permits employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave. | ||
| Removing Barriers for Employees with Disabilities The Conference Board announces formation of a new Research Working Group, Improving Employment Outcomes for Employees with Disabilities. | ||
| Social Security Disability: Your Disability and Your Job Your Disability and Your Job will inform the public as to how specific disabling conditions prevent or allow people with disabilities from performing certain job activities. | ||
| Workplace Adaptions for Employees with Dyscalculia Number Blindness Dyscalculia is a neurological condition affecting number processing. Learn practical workplace adaptations, management strategies, and technology solutions for employees. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Workers Compensation Fraud Lower Than Estimated Vast majority of workers comp claims are filed by honest hard-working people who sustained legitimate on-the-job injuries. | ||
| Silverlining Boutique Offers Real Life Work Experience for Students with Special Needs March 9 opening of Silverlining resale boutique adjacent to its Culver City Campus. | ||
| Steps to Take If Injured at Work in North Carolina Learn essential steps to take if injured at work in North Carolina, including reporting procedures, medical care, and protecting your legal rights. | ✓ ✓ | |
| What to Do If You're Injured at Work If you experience a serious injury on the job you may be entitled to benefits under workers compensation law or medical insurance. | ||
| Employment Accommodations for Employees with Cancer Federal laws seek to empower those who wish to work and prevent employers from discriminating against individuals with disabilities. | ||
| Senior Workers More Likely to Experience Very Long-Term Unemployment Older Americans are more likely than any other age group to remain out of work for a long time. | ||
| Keep Baby Boomers on the Job Past Retirement Age As Baby Boomers begin to turn 65 Americans believe they should be encouraged to work past normal retirement age. | ||
| Mentoring Project Assists Job Seekers With Disabilities Courage Center clients participated in Disability Mentoring Day prior to the day they had reviewed a job description for the job shadowing role they would be observing. | ||
| Americans Leaving Big Retirement Money at Past Jobs Complexity and Confusion Cause Americans to Leave Big Retirement Money at Past Jobs. | ||
| Living Well and Working Well with Disability Programs Statistically individuals with disabilities maintain a much larger unemployment rate than those without a disability. | ||
| Strategies for College Students for Landing a Job Advice to parents in creating mental toughness for their college students in order to increase employability. | ||
| Obese Workers Cost Workplace More than Insurance, Absenteeism The cost of obesity among U.S. full-time employees is estimated to be $73.1 billion. | ||
| People With Disabilities an Asset to the Workplace Urging employers to consider the unique talents perspectives and contributions that people with disabilities bring to the workplace. | ||
| Unemployment Programs Lacking for People with Disabilities Federal programs to assist the unemployed are failing job seekers with disabilities. | ||
| Tax Rules for Employment Settlements and Severance Federal tax rules on employment lawsuit settlements and severance pay, including what is taxable, nontaxable, and key strategies for reducing tax liability. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Courses for Businesses to Keep Workers Safe To make it safely back to work on Monday a new program is introducing workers to the importance of off-the-job safety. | ||
| Workers Compensation Benefits for Repetitive Motion Injuries Workers compensation benefits are available for repetitive stress injuries that develop over time. | ||
| Project SEARCH: Opening Doors to Employment for Young People with Disabilities SEARCH school-to-work program for developmentally disabled high school students transitioning from school to workplace. | ||
| EEOC Disability Discrimination Laws and Protections How the EEOC enforces federal disability discrimination laws covering hiring, harassment, reasonable accommodations, medical exams, and undue hardship standards. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Disability Employment Information, Facts, and Myths Provides information regarding employment of persons with disabilities including facts and resources for employers. | ||
| Employment Options: Working for People with Disabilities Employment services to people with disabilities and low-income populations in the MetroWest area. | ✓ | |
| Conference Helps Employers Hire More People with Disabilities Job prospects for Ontarians living with a disability are taking another step forward today. | ||
| Canada Employment Program Supports People with Disabilities in Vancouver People with disabilities develop skills needed to make transition to the labor market thanks to support from the Government of Canada. | ||
| The APSE - People with Disabilities and Supported Employment The APSE is a national non-profit membership organization that was founded under the name Association for Persons in Supported Employment. | ||
| Survey Shows Wide Acceptance for Capabilities of Severely Disabled Survey shows wide acceptance for capabilities of people blind, severely disabled, despite 60 percent unemployed. | ||
| Worksupport - Employment and People with Disabilities Assisting persons with disabilities in maintaining employment while advancing their careers. | ||
| Educate Employees about Disability Income Protection Critical employers consider to help employees understand threat of disability. | ||
| October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month Disability Employment Awareness Month heightens awareness while recognizing contributions of Americans with disabilities to our workforce and society. | ||
| Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities - NISH - AbilityOne Employment opportunities for people who are blind or severely disabled An article about NISH and the AbilityOne program. | ||
| GettingHired Disability Employment Website Website offers employment options for persons with disabilities, as well as opportunities for employers to connect with skilled workers. | ||
| Manager Training Gaps in Employee Disability Management Survey of 100+ Canadian organizations reveals supervisors lack structured processes and data to manage employee absence, disability, and workplace productivity. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Hans Selye Foundation Targets 2009 Stress Casualties Workplaces are reporting soaring 2009 stress casualties exactly as boiled over from the recessions of 1982 and 1992. | ||
| Self Employed Canadians Managing Recession But Not Risk 85 percent of Canadians carry a debt load of $25K or less just over half of self-employed workers claimed their debt was in this bottom category. | ✓ | |
| Fitting In: When you are Unhappy with your Job The main reason for depression is job dissatisfaction many people today are experiencing unhappiness in their work. | ||
| Age Discrimination Laws and Your Employment Rights Examines age discrimination in employment, federal and state protections under ADEA, employer obligations, and equal opportunity requirements across sectors. | ✓ ✓ | |
| How to Get a US Government Job Information on applying for government jobs that offer better job stability and benefits than many comparable jobs in the private sector. | ||
| Living and Working with a Disability: ADA and Employment Overview of disability employment challenges, ADA protections, workplace accommodations, and training programs helping disabled Americans secure IT jobs. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Whistle-blowing - Michelmores Employment Law Update Claims of suffering a detriment or dismissal on account of making a protected disclosure under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998. | ||
| Employability Issues Facing People with Disabilities Examines barriers to employment for people with disabilities, including discrimination, workplace accessibility, skills gaps, and policy solutions. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Overcoming Disability Barriers to Employment and Work Addressing misconceptions about disabled workers in the workplace, workplace accessibility requirements, and legal protections against hiring discrimination. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Consider your Welfare when Choosing an Employer Working for an employer that does not consider your welfare as a human being can outweigh the financial advantages. | ||
| Disability Discrimination and Employment Issues Australia Australia has a range of legislation that addresses employment discrimination on the basis of disability. |
Key: the first check mark indicates the publication carries an editor's note; the second indicates a footnote.
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