The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) launched a new online resource that promotes inclusive workplaces and takes a unique approach to workplace flexibility that could help boost employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The Workplace Flexibility Toolkit is a joint product of the Women’s Bureau and the Office of Disability Employment Policy. This article on [...]
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is halfway over, and the media has published many good stories demonstrating the 2012 theme: “A Strong Workforce Is An Inclusive Workforce: What Can YOU Do?,” established by the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy. One of the best of the bunch comes from the ODEP’s Disability [...]
Ted Kennedy, Jr. was a natural choice to act as surrogate for the Obama administration at the National Forum on Disability Issues (NDFI). The healthcare reform issue that is so crucial to people with disabilities was a lifelong goal of his father, the late U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. And as Kennedy acknowledged in his opening remarks, [...]
After spending yesterday looking at the opening remarks made by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) at the September 28 National Forum on Disability Issues (NDFI), today we’ll review the Q&A portion to see what light is shed on the GOP presidential platform and its impact on people with disabilities. NDFI moderator Frank Sesno began his [...]
This past Tuesday, the National Forum on Disability Issues posted downloadable transcripts and video footage from its September 28 event in Columbus, Ohio. While both President Obama and Governor Romney declined the invitation to join the discussion personally, each candidate sent an emissary who purportedly spoke for their party’s respective positions on health care, education, [...]
The September jobs report and news related to National Disability Employment Awareness Month distracted attention away from one additional item following last week’s presidential debate. The delay was worthwhile, frankly, since there has been some attention paid to one particularly feisty exchange between President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney in the past few [...]
The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is building on the success of its Disability Mentoring Day job shadowing program with the “DMD Pipelines of Talent Initiative,” co-founded with Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation and launched last week in celebration of the onset of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Since the White House established October [...]
People with disabilities shared in Friday’s good news from the U.S. Department of Labor, with the unemployment rate among this population making a commensurate drop with the national average, which went below 8% for the first time 44 months, according to this CBS News report. You can always find the latest figures on the homepage [...]
Wednesday night’s debate began the next campaign phase for President Barack Obama and GOP challenger, Mitt Romney. The general consensus, as the dust settles and poll results are tabulated, is that the former Governor of Massachusetts made the best of this first opportunity for the candidates to spar head-to-head on key issues while the Democratic [...]
A U.K. retailer has committed to hiring as many people with disabilities as possible to staff its new distribution center being built in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, while at the same time releasing internal market research about how its approach to inclusivity has improved its work environment. Marks and Spencer (M&S) is a chain of stores [...]