Category: Employers

Benefits 101: A Guided Study of Your Own Situation

Benefits 101: A Guided Study of Your Own Situation [Take course for credit.]

This one hour training is an overview of how earned income may affect eligibility for an entitlement to social security disability benefits and supplemental security income.

Course Objectives

  • Clarify the facts about the impact of work upon disability benefits and supplemental security income.
  • Provide you with the basic knowledge to make an informed decision about how obtaining employment may affect your financial situation.
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EMP 102: Important Predictors for Post-School Success

EMP 102: Important Predictors for Post-School Success:

This module describes the strongest, evidence-based correlates of post-school competitive employment for youth with intellectual  and developmental disabilities.  The second part of the module discusses three additional variables related to successful  transitions for students with significant disabilities, and highlights the resources available to educators and other professionals in Kentucky in putting these predictor variables into practice.

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Leading Practices on Disability Inclusion

Leading Practices on Disability Inclusion [link]

Author(s): Business Leadership Network and US Chamber of Commerce
Business leaders were asked to share their successful disability inclusion strategies. This publication highlights these strategies, which businesses of all sizes can use to create a more inclusive workplace, marketplace, and supply chain. Real-life examples, such as these, are important to help businesses realize the wide range of opportunities available and the potential for replicating success. An assessment is also included as a tool to initiate or enhance your company’s disability-friendly corporate practices.

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Disability Etiquette: Engaging People with Disabilities

Disability Etiquette: Engaging People with Disabilities [link]

Author(s): Tennessee Disability Coalition
“This guide provides helpful information on disability etiquette. Topics covered include meeting a person with a disability, interacting with a wheelchair user, meeting someone with a cognitive impairment, engaging someone who is blind or has a disability that affects vision, meeting a person with a disability that affects speech, communicating with someone who is deaf or uses an assisted hearing device, using appropriate language, talking about disability, and general common courtesies for engaging people with disabilities.” (TennesseeWorks)

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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)