Posts filed under: employment

Aug. 29, 2010
The Boston Globe
For this disabled job seeker, it’s all about networking
As an open source Web developer, David Clark is in demand — he gets at least five calls a week from recruiters.
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Filed Under: employment, physical disability

Aug. 27, 2010
The Washington Post
New statistics on disabled workers
As the Obama administration pledges to hire more people with disabilities, some new numbers suggest the percentage of disabled American workers employed in the public sector is on par with the percentage of workers who are not disabled.
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Aug. 26, 2010
The Wall Street Journal
Disabled Face Sharply Higher Jobless Rate
The government's first detailed look at disabled workers' employment shows they are far more likely than the overall work force to be older, working part-time or jobless.
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Aug. 25, 2010
NPR
Outsourced Call Centers Return, To U.S. Homes
Maureen Quigley-Hogan is the next generation of call center worker. Wearing pink slippers and sitting at her desk in her home office in Virginia, she takes a call from a woman in New Jersey who has a question about her credit card bill. Quigley-Hogan was unemployed for 10 years because she couldn't hold down a traditional job, she says. She has rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia, a disease that causes severe fatigue.
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Aug. 15, 2010
Los Angeles Times
Paul K. Longmore dies at 64; leading disability scholar and activist
Unable to use his hands because of a childhood bout with polio, Paul K. Longmore wrote his first book by punching a keyboard with a pen he held in his mouth. It took him 10 years, and when he was done, he burned a copy in front of the Federal Building downtown.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), education, employment, higher education, K-12, long-term care, physical accessibility, physical disability, profile, public policy, Social Security

Aug. 15, 2010
The (Detroit) Observer & Eccentric
Teacher doesn't let wheelchair slow her down
Born with spinal muscular atrophy, East Middle School teacher Tammie Groth has never taken a step in her life.
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Filed Under: education, employment, physical disability, profile

July 26, 2010
NBC Today Show
Living with a disability in America
Twenty years ago President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law, ensuring equal employment opportunities and access to public transportation. But how far have we really come? Two advocates discuss the challenges disabled Americans still face.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disability awareness, employment, public policy

June 27, 2010
KING-TV (Seattle)
Tacoma Goodwill graduate winning praises from Sea-Tac, Port of Seattle
For years, a 33-year-old Lakewood man has had the door slammed in his face from potential employers. Living with cerebral palsy, it hasn't been easy for him to get a job. But the training he received from Tacoma Goodwill has now earned him a job at Sea-Tac Airport – and lots of praise from the community.
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Filed Under: employment, learning disability, physical disability, profile

June 6, 2010
Zanesville (Ohio) Times Recorder
Website accommodation rules on the horizon
Almost every company has a website these days. We buy, sell, promote, show videos, convey information, and do just about everything electronically that's historically been done only in brick and mortar stores, offices and plants. It's easy to presume that many of the laws and requirements that businesses work with daily in the physical world can be overlooked in the virtual business world, but that's not always the case, according to the Department of Justice.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employment, Internet, public policy, technology

May 27, 2010
WLS-TV (Chicago)
Employers urged to 'Think Beyond the Label'
Several months ago, a $4 million national disability awareness campaign hit the airwaves with high hopes for increasing employment among people with disabilities.
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Filed Under: disability awareness, employment, media, television

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