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Southern California Disability:IN Is Proud To Be A Part Of The Disability:IN Community!

Southern California Disability:IN, covering Orange County, San Diego and Los Angeles, is now a part of the Disability:In community. We will assist partners including government agencies, businesses, nonprofits, and others across Southern California in

Award winning filmmaker Jennifer Tennican presents Hearts of Glass—Watch the Trailer!

Cutting-edge food production meets social good in an ambitious experiment to provide year-round produce to a mountain town, while providing meaningful employment for community members with disabilities.

Organizations Which Can Assist You In Your Diversity And Inclusion Strategy

There are numerous organizations that can be of assistance to you in recruiting and retaining employees with disabilities. Department of Labor (DOL) Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC)

How to Retain Employees With Disabilities

By becoming a model employer, companies and other organizations will improve their retention of people with disabilities. Retention is essential to ensuring that the investment you are making to identify and hire qualified people with disabilities pays off.

4 Tips For Fostering Digital Access And Inclusion At Your Workplace

In today’s highly connected digital world, accessing opportunity can be just a click away. But for the one billion+ people with disabilities or impairments worldwide, that accessibility

Ten Tips for Communicating with People with Disabilities

We all find ourselves in situations in which we don’t know what to say or do. We may meet someone who moves or acts differently from us, and we wonder how we should react. When you’re communicating with people with disabilities,

Making Social Media More Accessible to People with Disabilities

Social media is a very popular tool among people with disabilities to stay connected despite the fact that most social media tools are not fully accessible. Staying connected electronically is even more important if a disability prevents a person from being able to easily travel. By posting pictures or videos of themselves and discussing issues…

News Blurb: A Man with Autism asks Future Employers to ‘Take a Chance on Me’

By Janine Mack, CNN A soon-to-be high school graduate started his job search in a unique way — he wrote a candid open letter and posted it on LinkedIn. Ryan Lowry has autism and wants future employers to understand that while he may learn in a different way, he is worth taking a chance on. “I realize…

Virtual Tips & Etiquette for Interviews and Meetings

The Utah State Office of Rehabilitation is putting on a free webinar about working and applying for virtual workspaces, a fantastic opportunity for people experiencing a disability. Their official statement of the event reads: The COVID-19 Pandemic has thrust a lot of people into virtual work and into a world they may not have been…

Dr. James F. McNeil Vocational Consulting Services

As we have always discussed at throughout our Disability: IN affiliates, accessibility and inclusion in the workplace is incredibly important, but finding a place to start your journey to inclusion can be difficult. One of the great services that we recommend is the Dr. James F. McNeil Vocational Consulting Services, a nonprofit dedicated to providing…

National Disability Employment Awareness Month

October, in the United States, is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) and this year will be the United States’ 75th time commemorating this event. As this month quickly approaches, the US Department of Labor has announced that this year’s theme is “Increasing Access and Opportunity”, designed to complement the 30th anniversary of the Americans with…

Innovative Approaches to Increasing Self-ID Webinar

Earlier this year, EARN and Disability:IN DC Metro have released a fantastic webinar that outlines what it means for those with disabilities to self-identify. The webinar goes over the definition, best methods, background, and benefits of self-identification according to the EARNS’ Self-ID toolkit. Click here to watch the full webinar Click here to access the…

30 Years of the ADA

On July 26, 1990, the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) was signed, marking a huge step in accessibility and disability inclusion. Today, we encourage you all to celebrate 30 years of inclusion in the United States by taking the time to recognize and celebrate this important day. As part of the Department of Labor’s commitment…

PREVENTS’ Mental Health Toolkit

The President’s Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide (PREVENTS) came out with a mental health toolkit for Veterans. The plan includes a ten point recommendation list and includes resources form EARN. To check out the plan and learn more about the initiative to end Veteran suicide, click here.

The George and Barbara Bush Foundation: The ADA at 30: “Let the Shameful Wall of Exclusion Come Down”

Join the George and Barbara Bush Foundation on July 21 at 1:00pm EST as they are joined by some of the original activists, advocates and policymakers involved in the formation of the ADA. The event will be fully online, completely free and ADA compliant. Click here to join the event now!

Join Our ADA 30 Campaign

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 2020, Virtual Disability:In Conference this last week. We would like to invite the businesses in attendance to help further inclusion in the workplace by joining in on our ADA30 Campaign, which you can find at the link below: Click here to learn more about our…

Celebrating ADA30: A Discussion on Youth Employment from the ADA Generation

July of 2020 officially marks the 30 year anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, passed in 1990. Join the Employer Assistane and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN) for their webinar, “Celebrating ADA30: A Discussion on Youth Employment from the ADA Generation”. At this webinar, panel members from the ADA generation will be sharing…