Live.WORK.Achieve
A Listserv for the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment
for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Including Intellectual Disabilities Project
May 2016
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) Share Your Ideas on Transition
2) Free TalentWorks Online Tool Addresses Accessibility of Online Job Applications
3) Understanding the Affordable Care Act: A Toolkit for Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors
4) The Right Supports Can Improve Opportunities for Job Seekers with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
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1) Share Your Ideas on Transition
Are you a young person with a disability or a youth ally of the disability community? There is an important conversation going on about what youth with disabilities (ages 13-25) need to become successful adults. The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and the National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth invite youth to participate in their YouthACT Transition Truths National Online Dialogue. Join this online conversation and share ideas on the strategies and supports that can help youth and young adults with disabilities and their peers become successful adults. The YouthACT Transition Truths National Online Dialogue will take place from Thursday, May 19, until Sunday, May 22. Please join this important conversation and spread the word to others who may be interested. Reminders and further information will be sent to participants before the dialogue. To register to participate, visit http://youthideas.epolicyworks.org/a/index.
2) Free TalentWorks Online Tool Addresses Accessibility of Online Job Applications
The Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology (PEAT) and Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) recently launched TalentWorks, a free tool that employers and human resources professionals can use to ensure their online job applications and other recruitment tools are accessible for job seekers with disabilities. TalentWorks' library of resources builds on ideas and solutions gathered from employers, advocacy organizations, job applicants, and technology providers, offering a continuously evolving online guide with the aim of helping employers improve the accessibility of the technology they use throughout the entire employment lifecycle. For more information, visit TalentWorks at http://peatworks.org/talentworks.
3) Understanding the Affordable Care Act: A Toolkit for Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors
The Rehabilitation Services Administration at the Department of Education has announced the release of Understanding the Affordable Care Act: A Toolkit for Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Counselors, a result of the 37th Institute on Rehabilitation Issues. The toolkit is designed as a resource for VR counselors on how the changes in the health care system can provide additional opportunities to eliminate barriers to employment for people and businesses. By using this toolkit, counselors may better understand how the Affordable Care Act may affect their clients, refer their clients to experts for help, and include health coverage in a plan for education or employment. To view the toolkit, visit http://www.iriforum.org/download/37IRI_ACA_Toolkit.pdf.
4) The Right Supports Can Improve Opportunities for Job Seekers with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
Research In Focus, a weekly digest of new research on the employment of people with disabilities, recently highlighted supported employment and Project SEARCH and how both interventions can improve employment outcomes for people with autism spectrum disorders. Researchers from the project on Vocational Rehabilitation Service Models for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (VCU ASD Career Links) compared data from two groups of adults with ASD who received vocational rehabilitation (VR) services. One group only received supported employment services (SE-only group) and the second group that participated in a program called “Project SEARCH plus ASD Supports” before receiving the SE services (PS-ASD+SE). Supported employment is an evidence-based VR practice to support job seekers with disabilities in finding, learning, and maintaining a job. At the beginning, job seekers receive high levels of support from counselors, and that support is reduced as the person gains more confidence and independence at work. Project SEARCH plus ASD Supports is a program for high school students with ASD that combines internships with intensive supports to help them successfully transition from school to competitive employment. To view the article, visit http://www.naric.com/?q=en/rif/The%20Right%20Supports%20Can%20Improve%20Opportunities%20for%20Job%20Seekers%20with%20Autism%20Spectrum%20Disorders.
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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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