Live.WORK.Achieve
A Listserv for the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment
for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Including Intellectual Disabilities Project
October 2013
Welcome to Live.WORK.Achieve, a monthly e-newsletter targeting anyone interested in and supportive of employment for youth and young adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Live.WORK.Achieve is offered through the Institute for Disability Studies in collaboration with the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities and Disability Rights Mississippi and includes resources and information on employment and career development.
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October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). This year’s theme is “Because We Are Equal to the Task.” The purpose of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is to educate about disability employment issues and celebrate the many and varied contributions of America’s workers with disabilities. NDEAM’s roots go back to the 1940s when Congress enacted a law declaring the first week in October each year focused on the employment of people with physical disabilities. In the early 1960s, the focus was expanded to acknowledge the employment needs and contributions of individuals with all types of disabilities. Finally, in 1988, Congress expanded the week to a month with the current name of “National Disability Employment Awareness Month.”
Mississippi Partnerships for Employment (MSPE) is proud to announce its participation in NDEAM. Throughout the month, MSPE members will be engaging in a variety of activities to educate and encourage others to participate in active recruitment of persons with disabilities, as well as consider how they might provide internships for others to gain necessary work experience for future job opportunities.
For a listing of MSPE activities and what you can do to promote NDAM, visit the MSPE website at www.mspeidd.org.
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Live.WORK.Achieve is sponsored by the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment (MSPE) for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Including Intellectual Disabilities project. MSPE is funded by the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is managed by the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities (MS CDD), Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) and The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies (IDS).
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