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October 2006



November 06, 2006

Issue #31 October 2006 - People With Disabilities

October 2006

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Front

 

10  Letters

12  Publishers' Letter

14  Editor's Letter

16  Facts & Figures

18  What They're Saying

20  Calendar

 

Features

 

22 Tammy Duckworth—A National Hero

What inspires this amazing woman, who lost both legs as a helicopter pilot in the war in Iraq, and now is a candidate for Congress?

By Won Kim

 

24 The Talent Pool You Are Overlooking

Learn why your business needs to hire and utilize people with disabilities, nearly 54 million strong

By Won Kim

 

32 6 Workplace Myths About People With Disabilities

You'd be surprised how wrong you are about your coworker's ability to get the job done. Go beyond the assumptions and find out the facts.

By Eric L. Hinton

 

36 Best 4 Ways to Recruit Employees With Disabilities

Use this guide to help you find the inside track to a highly competent group that has a startlingly low employment rate.

By Yoji Cole

 

44 How 3 Companies Reach a $220-Billion Market

Here's how you can make your company's products and services more accessible to people with disabilities.

By Marcia Layton Turner

 

48 The Government's Failed Promise

People with disabilities are fleeing the federal work force. Find out how your company can do better.

By Jennifer Millman 

 

Departments

 

54 Financial Library

Be Smart: Use Your Flexible-Spending Plan

Gain sizable tax savings by maximizing health-reimbursement accounts.

 

64 Lessons from Newark

Why Brick City is Good for Business

 

66 Guest Column

EEOF Commissioner Christine Griffith

 

82 Leadership

Stedman Graham, bestselling author of You Can Make It Happen: A Nine Step Plan for Success 

 

Back

 

84 Scorecard

Disability organizations' Web sites make the grade

 

86 People & Places

Brenda Thompson, MGM MIRAGE

Kevin Carter, BP

 

92 Top 50 Stock Index

 

94 Company Index & Contributors

 

96 Postscript

 

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