5 Myths & the Real Facts for Employers (Think Beyond the Label)
Myths and facts regarding hiring and providing accommodations for people with disabilities.

A Few Words with White House Special Assistant Kareem Dale (Detroit News - 11/6/09)
Kareem Dale is the Special Assistant to President Obama for Disability Policy. He recently spent a few minutes with The Detroit News Disabilities Blog discussing employment issues, how health care reform will impact the disability community, and the Administration's priorities for 2010.

Employees with Disabilities - Good Business Sense (Greater Lansing Business Monthly)
Despite the sometimes negative connotation associated with people with disabilities, these individuals are talented, hard working and, most importantly, want to work.

Role of Disabilities Ignored for Tens of Millions Experiencing Income Poverty
Nearly half of all working age adults experiencing poverty have a disability.

Employer Perspectives on Employment of People with Disabilities (Office of Disability Employment Policy)
Features a survey of 3,797 businesses representing 2.4 million companies across 12 industry section and various company sizes. The brochure reports on the companies' beliefs about and strategies for recruiting, hiring, retaining, and advancing employees with disabilities.

Essential Skills to Getting a Job (Office of Disability Employment Policy)
What young people with disabilities need to know.

Job Search Handbook for People with Disabilities: A Complete Career Planning and Job Search Guide (3rd Ed.)
This book (soon to be for sale through Amazon) shows how to identify strengths, explore options, find jobs, write resumes, and perform well in interviews.

Shaping Tomorrow's Workforce - (Office of Disability Employment Policy)
Including talents of young people with disabilities.

Tax Benefits for Businesses Who Have Employees with Disabilities (IRS)
Businesses accommodating people with disabilities may qualify for some of the following tax credits and deductions. More detailed information may be found in the IRS publications referenced.

The ABCs of Schedule A (EEOC)
Advancing its campaign to increase federal hiring of employees with disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a set of guides on leveraging Schedule A, an authority available to federal agencies to hire and/or to promote individuals with disabilities without competing the job. The five “ABCs of Schedule A” guides are tailored for each participant in the federal hiring process: Service Providers, Applicants with Disabilities, Human Resources Professionals, Hiring Managers, and Disability Program Manager and/or Selective Placement Coordinator.

Organizations & Services

Abilicorp
An employment company with expertise in recruiting and assessing candidates with disabilities, assisting individuals with disabilities in the retention and advancement of their careers and enabling optimum efficiency of workers with disabilities through support services.

Disability Nondiscrimination Law Advisor (U.S. Department of Labor)
Designed to help employers determine which federal disability nondiscrimination laws apply to their business or organization. The Advisor also helps recipients of federal financial assistance understand their responsibilities under these laws.

EarnWorks.com
The Employer Assistance & Resource Network provides employers with free consulting services and resources to support the recruitment and hiring of people with disabilities

Getting Hired
Where people with disabilities gather, network and find success in the workplace with employers.

Think Beyond the Label
Committed to making the business case for employing people with disabilities

U.S. Department of Labor - Office of Disability Employment Policy
ODEP was authorized by Congress in recognition of the need for a national policy to ensure that people with disabilities are fully integrated into the 21st Century workforce.