As election night turned into election morning, I realized it would not be possible to stay awake through President Obama’s victory speech. I remained alert enough to see Governor Romney accept the outcome more graciously than other conservatives (cough… Karl Rove… cough), but my eyelids closed soon after the President walked on stage with his [...]
When natural disasters strike, many people with disabilities depend on emergency first responders and the kindness of family members and neighbors to survive. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy tearing across the eastern seaboard last week, many such stories are still coming to light. CBS This Morning took a good, long look at the impact [...]
Voting day is finally here. We’ve tried to look beyond the record-setting spending on ads during the campaign and shed light on how the positions of candidate’s on both the federal and state level will impact the lives of people with disabilities. But none of it matters unless each and every citizen exercises his or [...]
The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Employment Disability Policy (ODEP) continued to flesh out its “Skills to Pay the Bills: Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success” curriculum with the release of free video vignettes last week. ODEP timed the release of the video series to coincide with National Disability Employment Awareness month, according to [...]
The latest employment report from the U.S. Department of Labor has yet to be released at the time of this writing, so we won’t know for sure if the projected addition of 158,000 jobs in September will make a dent in the unemployment rate for people with disabilities, or if the figure is even accurate. [...]
The 2012 theme for the just-ended National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) in the U.S. asked “What Can YOU Do?,” in part to encourage companies to focus on the skills and talents of a prospective employee rather than how a disability might need to be accommodated. But in the thriving city of Mumbai, India, many businesses [...]
The fact that the end of National Disability Employment Awareness Month coincides with Halloween provides an annual built-in excuse for organizations that provide services to people with disabilities to hold benefits using the holiday theme. Over the years, these become massive gatherings that serve an ulterior purpose of advancing inclusion of these individuals into the [...]
An aspect of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) we have not focused on is job mentoring for young people. But just like with any other teenager, the chance to talk with people who are in the workforce gives these individuals exposure to the types of careers that may be available to them after school. [...]
Just a few days left in National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and communities really seem to be seizing this opportunity to put a spotlight on their employees who have disabilities in hopes of spurring other businesses to follow their practice and focus on what skills a person brings to the job. Jason Cato’s article for [...]
Election coverage is certain to dominate the news cycle as we enter the stretch run of the U.S. presidential campaign and all the other congressional and gubernatorial races across the country. The Web is a pollster’s dream, enabling media stories to be sliced and diced in ways that can made appealing to any specific demographic [...]