Disability Benefits 101 [link] gives you tools and information on health coverage, benefits, and employment. You can plan ahead and learn how work and benefits go together in Kentucky.
Category: Youth
Work Early, Work Often video series
Work Early, Work Often video series [link]
Highlights the importance of work and work-based experiences, particularly for young adults with disabilities.
PACER’s National Parent Center on Transition and Employment
PACER’s National Parent Center on Transition and Employment [link]
Offers parents, youth, and professionals, easy to use information on a variety of transition topics, including employment.
Making a Smooth Transition from High School to Adult Living: Successful Collaboration
Making a Smooth Transition from High School to Adult Living: Successful Collaboration [link]
This webinar for parents of youth with disabilities explores how to use the concept of collaboration to ensure their son or daughter’s transition to adulthood is as smooth as possible. Presented by PACER.
EEOC—The ADA: Your Employment Rights as an Individual With a Disability
EEOC—The ADA: Your Employment Rights as an Individual With a Disability [link]
“The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) makes it unlawful to discriminate in employment against a qualified individual with a disability. The ADA also outlaws discrimination against individuals with disabilities in State and local government services, public accommodations, transportation and telecommunications. This booklet explains the part of the ADA that prohibits job discrimination. This part of the law is enforced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and State and local civil rights enforcement agencies that work with the Commission.”
Kentucky Employment Files Video Series
Kentucky Employment Files Video Series [link]
The Kentucky Employment files are developed and produced through a partnership with the Council on Developmental Disabilities and the Human Development Institute, University of Kentucky.
I Want to Work Handbook
I Want to Work Handbook [link]
This book helps you go through different activities to find out what jobs you might like and be good at doing.
Kentucky Disability Resource Guide
Kentucky Disability Resource Guide [link]
The focus of this directory is to provide a searchable database of available resources, and to provide contact information to apply for resources and/or locate additional information. In many cases, we took definitions and eligibility for services directly from the agency websites that offer these programs.
Think College
Shows colleges from all over the country that have programs for students with disabilities.
Email: ThinkCollegeTA@gmail.com
National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability
National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability [link]
Many resources for youth with disabilities about getting work. They also share ways for youth to become a leaders in helping people with disabilities get work. They can also help students in high school who want to work with computers.
Phone: 877-871-0744
This InfoBrief explores the important role families play in the job search and retention for youth with disabilities.
Benefits Planning for Youths with Disabilities [link]
The guide helps those assisting youth with disabilities navigate the range of state and federal government programs and benefits for people with disabilities in the United States.
Understanding the New Vision for Career Development: The Role of Family [link]
Introduces families to a new way of looking at career development for youth.