Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the intersection of disability and the U.S. workforce. After a lengthy medical leave, many are searching for meaningful ...
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The number of people with disabilities across the nation who are employed is at its highest level since federal officials started keeping track. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor ...
Disability service providers in New York generate billions in economic activity, but state regulations still limit job growth for people with disabilities, according to a new report from the ...
The vast majority of disabilities are not visible, so potential employers may not even know that an applicant has a disability unless mentioned in the job application or during an interview. This puts ...
In June 2017, Christopher Morris started work as an associate at Ernst & Young. The 36-year-old is one of 14 people in the professional services firm’s “neurodiversity” program, which hires people on ...
An awful car accident three decades ago meant partial paralysis, a long hospital stay, a painful rehabilitation and eventual return to walking with an abiding limp for Lisa Smith. Years later, a ...
Some large companies, such as Walgreens, Wells Fargo and Proctor & Gamble, are successfully integrating people with disabilities into their labor forces. But other employers are not doing as good a ...
BOSTON - October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and Spaulding Hospital is partnering with community organizations to create a pipeline for young people with disabilities to get jobs ...
No, the Federal Aviation Administration did not recruit people with intellectual disabilities to work as air traffic controllers. Despite what President Trump said at a press conference Thursday — ...
NEXT GENERATION FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL FUTURES. THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI INSTITUTE FOR DISABILITY STUDIES PARTNERED WITH THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ...