Live.WORK.Achieve
A Listserv for the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment
for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Including Intellectual Disabilities Project
December 2015
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.
Inside this edition:
1) Free Employment First Webinar Series – Dec. 14, 2 p.m. CST
2) Young Mississippian Antonio Norwood Featured in AUCD Annual Report
3) Beyond NDEAM: Employment and People with Disabilities as a National Priority
4) Bridging the Gap Across Transition
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1) Free Employment First Webinar Series – Dec. 14, 2 p.m. CST
This first session in a series of webinars focusing on Employment First policies and practices will cover the history and context of the Employment First initiative and how it fits into the goals of people with disabilities and their families. Future sessions will cover how Employment First is being implemented around the country; legislation, regulations, and executive orders that are enabling Employment First policies; addressing the challenges of successful Employment First implementation; advocating for Employment First; and how an Employment First initiative fits into the full spectrum of services and supports for people with disabilities. This webinar series is sponsored by APSE (Association of People Supporting Employment), AUCD (Association of University Centers on Disabilities) and NACDD (National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities). For more information or to register, visit http://www.aucd.org/template/event.cfm?event_id=7800&id=16.
2) Young Mississippian Antonio Norwood Featured in AUCD Annual Report
AUCD (Association of University Centers on Disabilities) is a network of people, with and without disabilities, who are passionate about growing the next generation of leaders and driving positive change for people with disabilities and their families. In the AUCD 2015 annual report, six people who exemplify what it means to be an AUCD member are highlighted. Their stories of leadership, scholarship, teaching, research, family, and personal achievement are but a small sampling of the activities that happen at AUCD member centers and programs across the country every day. Antonio Norwood, a TRIAD Service AmeriCorps member at the Institute for Disability Studies, Mississippi’s University Center for Excellence, is one of the six individuals featured. To view Tony’s story then link to the 2015 AUCD Annual Report, visit https://aucdannualreport.wordpress.com/our-stories/financials/.
3) Beyond NDEAM: Employment and People with Disabilities as a National Priority
Dr. Lisa Mills is a 26-year disability advocate, employment subject matter expert, a former public policy chair for TASH and a former Ruderman Fellow and senior technical advisor for the Coalition to Promote Self-Determination (CPSD). To mark National Disability Employment Awareness Month (October 2015), the National Advisory Board (NAB) on Improving Health Care Services for Older Adults and People with Disabilities asked Dr. Mills to discuss integrated employment as the "next great Civil Rights challenge" to address, and how the public will know when this milestone has been reached (spoiler: when commemoration of disability employment is no longer limited to one month, or one day, of the year). To read the interview with Dr. Mills, visit http://www.mydfi.org/blog/20151021-beyond-ndeam-pt1?utm_source=P+and+P+November+2015&utm_campaign=Policy+%26+Practice+-+November&utm_medium=email.
4) Bridging the Gap Across Transition
Bridging the Gap Across Transition is a training module from the Job Accommodation Network that provides information on the rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to help young adults navigate their way through the transition process from the school system to the world of work, or to post-secondary education or training. Topics discussed include self-advocacy, disability disclosure, sufficient medical documentation, and types of accommodations that might be needed. To view the 18-minute module, visit http://webcast.askjan.org/transition. A transcript is available at http://askjan.org/modules/transition/Transition%20Webcast%20Script.doc. Additional resources include:
· The 411 on Disability Disclosure: A Workbook for Youth with Disabilities
http://www.ncwd-youth.info/411-on-disability-disclosure
· Soft Skills to Pay the Bills—Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success
http://www.dol.gov/odep/topics/youth/softskills/
· Work Early, Work Often Video Campaign
http://www.thenytc.org/workearly
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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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