The leading official from the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) has elaborated on the U.S. Labor Department’s proposed rule that would require companies seeking federal contracts to have 7% of their workforce comprised of people with disabilities, answering concerns voiced by critics of the measure during the public comment period. In a wide-ranging, two-part [...]
The U.S. Department of Labor closed the comment period on its proposed new rule to spur the hiring people with disabilities on February 21. Officials apparently have plenty of feedback to sift through as they mull over their final decision, and not much of it is positive. According to an article by Melanie Trottman in [...]
We start the week picking up on where we left off last Friday, looking at how Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month is being observed in cities and town across the United States. Much like the people they are supporting, each community’s activities have their own unique flavor. So far, the best visuals can be found in [...]
On February 26, 1987, President Ronald Reagan designated March as the National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. The language of the official Proclamation indicates that, even in this time, before the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, Americans were changing their perceptions about people with disabilities. It lauded efforts by the federal government and the private sector [...]
Was it really only just this past Monday we wished for a way to watch recaps of presentations from the 27th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference being held this week at California State University, Northridge (CSUN)? Well, we didn’t have to wait too long for that request to be fulfilled, thanks to [...]
Political rhetoric heated up last week following the release of President Obama’s proposed corporate tax reform plan. Could one provision, designed to encourage U.S. manufacturers to bring outsourced jobs back to American shores, help spur employment opportunities for people with disabilities? CNN White House Correspondent Jessica Yellin provided a succinct rundown of the whole plan [...]
Microsoft’s Daniel Hubbell and Gary Moulton have been road-tripping to the 27th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference being held this week at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), but don’t panic if all the hype leading up to Sunday’s Academy Awards and NBA All-Star Game has kept you from checking in on their [...]
A Chicago-area man is finally getting the opportunity to learn what it feels like to live in his own home, following a victory in federal court that enables people with disabilities to use their government support payments to move into community housing. David Cicarelli was the lead plaintiff in a 2005 class action suit seeking [...]
A Huffington Post columnist made an impassioned plea to parents of children with disabilities in her Wednesday column, urging them to consider the long-term benefits of including children with disabilities in schools and other mainstream social activities. Carla Lohr can talk about what it’s like for a child with disabilities from two different perspectives: her [...]
There has been a new wave of British television shows about the English aristocracy reaching American shores of late. And while “Downton Abbey” is garnering most of the buzz for its nighttime soap-opera story lines and ornate set decoration, another BBC drama is looking to ride its coattails to success, with one of its actresses [...]