ADA Trainer Network
Module 3k
Further Resources for
Disability & Employment:
Continuing the Journey
Trainer’s Name
Trainer’s Title
Phone Number
Email/Website Here
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Disclaimer
Information, materials, and/or technical assistance are intended solely
as informal guidance, and are neither a determination of your legal
rights or responsibilities under the ADA, nor binding on any agency
with enforcement responsibility under the ADA.
The Mid-Atlantic ADA Center is authorized by the National Institute on
Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) to provide information,
materials, and technical assistance to individuals and entities that are
covered by the ADA. The contents of this document were developed
under a grant from the Department of Education, NIDRR grant number
H133 A110020. However, those contents do not necessarily represent
the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume
endorsement by the Federal Government.
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Continuing the journey: Finding out more
What two questions do I have
or what are two areas I
would like to know more
about?
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Continuing the journey: Finding out more
General disability issues, trends & policies
Disability & employment
Disability IS Diversity
ADA Amendments Act
Connecting qualified candidates with disabilities
with job opportunities
Accommodations
Tax, financial incentives
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General disability issues, trends & policies
ADA National Network
800-949-4232
www.adata.org
ADA Document Portal
http://adata.org/ada-document-portal
ADA Audio Conference Series
http://ada-audio.org/
ADA Symposium
http://adasymposium.org/
ADA Building Blocks self-paced tutorial
www.adabasics.org
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General disability issues, trends & policies
Disability statistics: National, state & county--prevalence, type,
income, poverty, employment, etc. www.disabilitystatistics.org
General resource for ADA-related documents ww.disability.gov
US Business Leadership Network (USBLN) www.usbln.org
ILO Global Business & Disability Network International
Perspective www.businessanddisability.org
The Kessler/NOD survey on disability in America
www.nod.org/what_we_do/research/surveys/kessler
Dept. of Justice Guide to Disability Rights Laws
www.ada.gov/publicat.htm#Anchor-14210
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Disability & Employment
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/disability.cfm
Employment & Disability Institute (EDI)
www.edi.cornell.edu
US Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment
Policy (ODEP)
www.dol.gov/odep
Disability & Employment 101
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/products/e
mploymentguide/index.html
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Disability & Employment
Office of Disability Employment Policy:
Brief on employers’ perspectives on disability
www.dol.gov/odep/documents/employerperspectives.pdf
Site of the Employer Assistance Resource Network (EARN)
www.askearn.org
EARN Resources for disability service providers regarding
employment
www.askearn.org/g-tips-for-providers.cfm
ODEP –Building an Inclusive Workforce
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/20100727.pdf
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Disability IS Diversity
About diversity and disability
www.disabled-world.com/disability/diversity.php
US Business Leadership Network’s Supplier Diversity Program
www.usbln.org/programs.html
Diversity and Disability HR Tips Brief
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/hr_tips
Why is Disability Missing from the Discourse on Diversity?
(Article from The Chronicle)
http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Is-Disability-MissingFrom/129088/
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ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
materials on ADAAA
www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/adaaa_info.cfm
ADAAA Document Portal—ADA National Network
http://adaportal.org/Search/SearchResults.html?q=ADA+AA
Southwest ADA Center
www.southwestada.org/html/publications/ebulletins/legal/2
008/oct2008.html
Northeast ADA Center
http://www.northeastada.org/r-factsheets.cfm
Job Accommodation Network
www.askjan.org/bulletins/adaaa1.htm
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Connecting qualified candidates with disabilities
with job opportunities
Federal LEAD Program for hiring people with disabilities
www.southwestada.org/html/publications/ebulletins/legal/2008/oct2
008.html
Workforce Recruitment Program
www.wrp.gov/LoginPre.do?method=login
Employer Assistance Resource Network (EARN) Workforce
Recruitment Program
http://www.askearn.org/old_backup/g-wrp.cfm
GettingHired, Inc
www.gettinghired.com
Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities
www.cosdonline.org
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Accommodations
Job Accommodation Network
www.askjan.org
EEOC Guidance for Reasonable Accommodations
www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/accommodation.html
Employment & Disability Institute Accommodations Brief
www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/hr_tips/article_1.cfm?b_id=20
Northwest ADA Center
http://www.ccer.org/events/workshops-conference/TrainingTopics/AssTech
ADA Audio Conference Series: Reasonable Accommodation
http://www.ada-audio.org/Archives/AudioConference/
ADA Audio Conference Series: Flexible Schedules
http://www.ada-audio.org/Archives/AudioConference/
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Financial & Tax Incentives
NCWD: Financial Incentives for Hiring People with
Disabilities
www.onestops.info/article.php?article_id=55
ODEP: Financial Education, Asset Development &
Work/Tax Incentives
www.dol.gov/odep/topics/FinancialEducationAssetDevelo
pment.htm
Small Business Association Factsheet
www.worksupport.com/Topics/fastfacts2.asp
Dept. of Justice Tax Incentives Brief
http://www.ada.gov/taxincent.htm
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Mid-Atlantic ADA Center
TransCen, Inc.
401 North Washington Street, Suite 450
Rockville, MD 20850
Toll-Free: 800.949.4232 (DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV)
Telephone
Fax
TTY
Email
Web
301-217-0124
301-251-3762
301-217-0124
ADAinfo@transcen.org
www.ADAinfo.org
The contents of this presentation were developed under a grant from the Department of Education, NIDRR grant number H133 A110020. However, those contents
do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
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