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Inclusive Higher Education Webinar 1: Getting Comfortable with Disability by Christina Bard and Jason Jones

IHE Webinar: Getting Comfortable with Disability by Christina Bard and Jason Jones [link]

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The HDI Postsecondary Work Team and Commonwealth Council on Developmental Disabilities created this webinar on “Getting Comfortable with Disability” on October 9, 2019 as part of the Kentucky Inclusive Higher Education webinar series.

The webinar explores the attitudinal barriers faced by people with disabilities in all aspects of life. It features real life stories and offers examples for each barrier and discusses etiquette and myths around a variety of disabilities.

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Working While Disabled — How We Can Help, 2021 (Social Security document)

Working While Disabled — How We Can Help, 2021 (Social Security document) [link]

Read this pamphlet to learn how Social Security’s work incentives and Ticket to Work programs can help people with disabilities who receive benefits and are interested in working.

“Special rules make it possible for people receiving Social Security disability bene ts or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to work and still receive monthly payments.”

Work incentives include:

  • Continued cash benefits for a time while you work;
  • Continued Medicare or Medicaid while you work; and
  • Help with education, training, and rehabilitation to start a new line of work.
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Working While Disabled — How We Can Help, 2019 (Social Security document)

Working While Disabled — How We Can Help, 2020 (Social Security document) [link]

Read this pamphlet to learn how Social Security’s work incentives and Ticket to Work programs can help people with disabilities who receive benefits and are interested in working.

“Special rules make it possible for people receiving Social Security disability bene ts or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to work and still receive monthly payments.”

Work incentives include:

  • Continued cash benefits for a time while you work;
  • Continued Medicare or Medicaid while you work; and
  • Help with education, training, and rehabilitation to start a new line of work.