RespectAbility Releases New Bi-Partisan Poll and Highlights #RespectTheAbility Campaign to Focus on How Hiring Workers with Disabilities Benefits the Employer, the Employee and Society 88 percent feel that as a customer it is important “that the companies you do business with do not discriminate against qualified people with disabilities.” Campaign spotlights model employers that demonstrate [click to continue...]
By Huge Margins Swing Voters in Key Battleground States More Likely to Vote for Candidate Committed to Jobs for People with Disabilities 56% of likely voters say they, a family member, or a close friend has a disability NEW Bi-partisan poll of key battleground states presented by top pollsters, Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg PhD of [click to continue...]
Governor (and your team), I thought you’d want to see this as it is very relevant to your work. Now that WIOA is law, every state will have to make a comprehensive, performance based plan to expand job/career opportunities for people with disabilities. We are working with a team of experts to develop a scorecard [click to continue...]
RespectAbilityUSA conversation with Gov. Scott Walker (WI) on Employment First Policies and Jobs for People with Disabilities. Listen to audio of the call here and download the transcript here.
Disabilities to Diverse Abilities: Changing the Workplace Paradigm with Lori Golden View the presentation here and listen to a recording of the call here. Lori Golden is Ernst & Young’s Abilities Strategy leader, driving efforts to build an enabling and inclusive work environment for people of all abilities. She consults on accommodations and career development issues [click to continue...]
Campaign spotlights model employers that demonstrate inclusive hiring can help their bottom line and starts by featuring Ernst & Young LLP NEW YORK – RespectAbilityUSA and POSITIVE EXPOSURE, two non-profits working to change how people see disabilities, have joined forces to create #RespectTheAbility, a campaign to focus on how hiring people with disabilities can make [click to continue...]
#RespectTheAbility Campaign: Spotlight on Project SEARCH Young people with disabilities help senior citizens: Provide excellent workforce for the future Haley McCormick-Thompson, 21, spends part of her day transporting senior residents of the United Hebrew from their rooms to their various activities throughout the day. The seniors’ faces light up when they see Haley coming over to [click to continue...]
#RespectTheAbility Campaign: Spotlight on Project SEARCH Workers with disabilities help hospitals help patients Anthony Telesford works in the kitchen of Montefiore New Rochelle hospital with his co- worker Jennifer Dacres, cleaning dishes, collecting trays, and assisting their other co-workers in other kitchen and meal preparatory tasks. The two consider themselves good friends, and can often be [click to continue...]
#RespectTheAbility Campaign: Spotlight on Project SEARCH Youth with disabilities help make government work better Several years ago during a blizzard in the northeast, the local news announced that people should stay home due to dangerous conditions on the roads. The government told its workers that only “essential” employees should report to work. One boss in the [click to continue...]
#RespectTheAbility Campaign: Spotlight on Farming Autistic man on path to become an organic farmer According to the CDC, one out of every 42 boys in America is on the Autism Spectrum (ASD). Additionally, almost half (46 percent) of these children identified with ASD had average or above average intellectual ability. These children are growing up at [click to continue...]
