Live.WORK.Achieve
A Listserv for the Mississippi Partnerships for Employment
for Youth and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Including Intellectual Disabilities Project
July 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) Free ADA Webcourse for Employers
2) The Inclusion Project: Ability Reveals Itself
3) Positive News—Employment Rises for People with Disabilities
4) Web Application Helps Youth Plan Their Careers
5) College Resources, Including Scholarships and Financial Aid, for Students with Disabilities
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1) Free ADA Webcourse for Employers
Who has obligations under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)? Who has rights? What are pre-employment do’s and don’ts? What is the process for identifying and providing reasonable accommodations? The New England ADA Center offers a free online course on the requirements that employers must meet under Title I of the ADA. This free course, which is approved for 2.5 credits from the HR Certification Institute and the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification, is approximately two and a half hours. For more information or to register, visit http://learn.newenglandada.org/.
2) The Inclusion Project: Ability Reveals Itself
Brad Hopton, the parent of a child with a disability, explains his interest in the Huffington Post online about the Inclusion Project that PricewaterhouseCoopers is hosting. The Inclusion Project is an innovative business gathering of senior executives and thought leaders committed to figuring out how to make the business world a better place for employees with disabilities. To read his blog, visit http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-hopton/the-inclusion-project-ability-reveals-itself_b_10243878.html.
3) Positive News—Employment Rises for People with Disabilities
In May, the major economic indicators rose for the second consecutive month for people with disabilities, according to the National Trends in Disability Employment - Monthly Update (nTIDE), issued by Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire's Institute on Disability. In the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Jobs Report released June 3, the employment-to-population ratio for working-age people with disabilities increased from 27.8% in May 2015 to 28.3% in May 2016 (up 1.8%; 0.5 percentage points). For working-age people without disabilities, the employment-to-population ratio also increased from 72.5% in May 2015 to 72.9% in May 2016 (up 0.6%; 0.4 percentage points). The employment-to-population ratio, a key indicator, reflects the percentage of people who are working relative to the total population (the number of people working divided by the number of people in the total population multiplied by 100). For more information, visit http://kesslerfoundation.org/content/ntide-jobs-report-positive-news-continues-%25E2%2580%2593-employment-rises-people-disabilities.
4) Web Application Helps Youth Plan Their Careers
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) in the U.S. Department of Labor has released GetMyFuture.org, a mobile-friendly web application. GetMyFuture.org helps youth to plan their careers, search and apply for jobs, and explore their long-term higher education and postsecondary training options. Young adults and providers of employment services helped develop GetMyFuture.org. For more information or to use the app, visit http://www.careeronestop.org/GetMyFuture/index.aspx.
5) College Resources, Including Scholarships and Financial Aid, for Students with Disabilities
With the advances of adaptive technologies and trends toward progressive legislation, prospective college students with disabilities now have countless resources available to make their transition to postsecondary education less stressful. This website provides information on finding specific information and resources on a variety of different disabilities, learning how to make the transition into the workforce easier and finding out what the legal rights on campus are. Discover scholarships, both narrowly- and broadly-focused, that can help students with disabilities pay for their educations, as well as additional resources for obtaining funding. For resources, visit http://www.affordablecollegesonline.org/college-resource-center/resources-for-students-with-disabilities/.
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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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