http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/connecting-employers-and-people-with-disabilities/ DiversityInc: Diversity and the Bottom Line Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/connecting-employers-and-people-with-disabilities/comment-page-1/#comment-1106 Beloved Rock Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:46:32 +0000 #comment-1106 1) We need patience and understanding , compassion.
2) We need to be involved in the Reasonable accommodation process
3) We need to be engaged in the conversation
Companies, aren’t supposed to hire us for the right thing to do. They are hiring a person with a disability to have a win /win for their company or agency. It is time to educate with real tools , and greater understanding what people with disability need. How are we preparing companies and how are people with disabilities prepared to enter into the workforce? These are the questions we need to consider. The education also starts with the job seeker /employee regarding how to approach the employment about their real needs without being comprised in who a person with a disability is. It’s their skills, their heart, their dedication. Companies need to become creative and innovative how they strategize to accommodate and support a person with a disability to do the position they hired them for. In my journey in helping people prepare for employment and being employed in a place where I have not been successful I know first hand how difficult it is for a person with a disability to feel not supported or comfortable in their work situation. How can we educate the real situations to companies? How do you we prepare each other for what a person with a disability may really need during the reasonable accommodation process. In my heart I hope in the next 10 years or less we are successful in creating opportunities for all that are unique, supportive and people with disabilities are employed and self sufficient.

]]> http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/connecting-employers-and-people-with-disabilities/comment-page-1/#comment-1104 Anonymous Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:45:23 +0000 #comment-1104 We need companies willing to give us a chance, show some caring because we have families to take care of as well ourselves. It’s hard without a real support system setup to help farther navigate helping us to obtain a career goal even the opportunity.I am a kind,sometimes forgetful,bipolar,friendly uneducated person who wouldn’t know where to begin like everyone else has a story an no one to feel me cause I can’t think to give it to understand it. Thank you.

]]> http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/connecting-employers-and-people-with-disabilities/comment-page-1/#comment-1103 Anonymous Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:43:07 +0000 #comment-1103 Is there a program like this in NY, Westchester county?

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