Kentucky Works – People with Disabilities

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Help me find resources to work and build my future.

(Click on the links or photos below for more information)


Make choices for my future
(Self-determination).choices for the future


Learn about my rights
(Self-Advocacy).rights as youth


Move from high school to work or college (Transition).Student graduating from high school.

 


Get a job in high school.Young woman with Down syndrome at an interview.

Go to college. Friends talking at college.

Get a job and training after school.Woman working at a computer.

 


Meet friends. Girls talking at a park.

Find services to help me
(like Medicaid and SSI).what services can help me

Use Find KY Work Tools to find resources. Youth with Down syndrome using a laptop.

 

Work Stories

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Ellie works on the computer at the YMCA.

People with Disabilities

You deserve a job that helps you earn money and that makes you happy. You might want to get a job during or right after high school. Or you might want to go to college or get training to get more skills. You have lots of choices.

Work Stories


Giovanni is 23-years-old and works cleaning and loading a truck in the mall. He has worked there for almost two years.

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People might need extra help as they look for a job and start work. Maybe you need a job coach to help you learn to do a job. Or maybe you need to know more about college programs for people with disabilities. We have many groups in Kentucky that can help you and your family.