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At Your Service

At Your Service [link]

“The Mid-Atlantic ADA Center has partnered with Storyline Motion Pictures (filmmakers of the critically acclaimed PBS documentary Lives Worth Living, and curators of the Disability Rights Museum on Wheels), to produce this dynamic new twenty minute customer service film “at your service”. It addresses best practices and features national disability leaders offering insights, tips and recommendations on how to provide exemplary customer service to individuals with disabilities. We invite you to view our 20-minute film in its full length or as the brief Preview.” For additional tips, and resources, and information visit www.adainfo.org (Mid-Atlantic ADA Center)

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Workplace Initiative

Workplace Initiative [link]

“The Workplace Initiative helps companies recruit, hire, and retain the largest untapped labor pool in the country – people with disabilities. This site offers all the tools and resources your organization needs to embark on its inclusion journey. We’ll arm you with facts and case studies to show how disability inclusion drives business value. And our do-it-yourself guide will take you from ‘how’ to ‘hired’ in seven clear steps.” (Workplace Initiative)

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Hire Gauge: Think Beyond the Label

Hire Gauge [link]

Author(s): Think Beyond the Label
“The Hire Gauge tool helps employers to estimate the return on investment of hiring people with disabilities based on Federal credits, deductions, and rebates. It also provides information detailing how hiring people with disabilities can impact the culture of a workplace.” (TennesseeWorks)

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Building an Inclusive Workforce: A Four-Step Reference Guide to Recruiting, Hiring, and Retaining Employees with Disabilities

Building an Inclusive Workforce: A Four-Step Reference Guide to Recruiting, Hiring, and Retaining Employees with Disabilities [link]

Author(s): U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy
This guide helps employers recruit, hire, and retain employees with disabilities and includes examples of inclusive workplaces and links to different resources. Free

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Build Inclusion

Build Inclusion [link]

“Build Inclusion is a placement provider for individuals with disabilities who are seeking employment. This service can assist a candidate in finding competitive, integrated employment well-suited to individual skills, strengths, interests and talents. We start by helping to develop a person-centered employment placement (PCEP) report that is unique to each candidate. The PCEP will guide the candidate’s job exploration and development. Then, we support the placed employee for the first 90 days on the job. We look forward to discovering how you may qualify for these services!”

Phone: (859) 286-9713

Email: annette@buildinclusion.org

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Down Syndrome Association of Central Kentucky

Down Syndrome Association of Central Kentucky [link]

“The mission of our We Work! Career Planning Initiative Program is to empower individuals with Down syndrome to utilize their strengths and abilities in a meaningful place of employment in their area of interest, earning a prevailing wage and contributing to their community. This program provides support and resources for job seekers with Down syndrome and employers, thereby ensuring teens and adults with Down syndrome become productive members of their community. By establishing high expectations and standards within our program, we will create a positive change in the way employers view people with disabilities.”

Phone: 859-494-7809

Email: dsack.org@gmail.com.