HR Tools & Resources: Employing People with Disabilities: Employment: Disability.gov

A captioned video of stories about people with disabilities and businesses working together to create successful mentorships, internships and long term employment opportunities.

Information from the Cornell University Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research about workplace accommodations for employees with different disabilities including brain injuries, cancer and cognitive disabilities.

Article from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) describes how employers can increase the employment of people who are blind or visually impaired.

Information on how to evaluate the accessibility of a meeting site for people with disabilities including resources and tips on room set-up, presentation of meeting content, parking and providing auxiliary aids and services.

Information about assistive technology at work, including communication, mobility, environmental modifications and software and hardware options.

Report that highlights noteworthy business practices by which employers are complying with their equal employment opportunity obligations and diversity objectives.

To celebrate the launch of the What Can YOU Do? outreach effort, the Campaign for Disability Employment asked aspiring filmmakers to produce their own 60-second video in support of this effort. Watch these award-winning videos that illustrate positive images of people with disabilities at work and help viewers re-think their assumptions about people with disabilities and employment.

Article describing customized employment, and how employers can use it as a strategy to recruit and retain workers of all abilities.

Fact sheet describing ways to individualize or customize the relationship between a job seeker or employee and an employer in ways that meet the needs of both.

Fact sheet regarding JAN, a free service for employers looking to hire qualified individuals with disabilities.

Describes how members of minority groups with disabilities are disproportionately represented among the unemployed and provides suggestions for reversing these outcomes.

Fact sheet answering commonly asked questions about disability and employment issues.

Information exploring myths and misconceptions about people with disabilities in order to foster greater sensitivity and understanding.

Fact sheet provides information on the Internal Revenue Services' (IRS) disability-related provisions of particular interest to businesses as well as people with disabilities.

Podcast from Disability Law Lowdown (DLL) on the results of the largest employment survey of its kind, involving employers' attitudes and concerns about hiring and accommodating employees with disabilities. Information can be downloaded, listened to, or read online.

Strategies for recruiting, hiring, retaining and advancing employees with disabilities. This link opens a PDF document.

Fact sheet provides information on the rights of people with disabilities under the ADA in relation to employment.

Extensive summary of employer attitudes and strategies for employing individuals with disabilities.

Guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as it relates to the H1N1 virus and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) which regulates medical examinations and disability-related inquiries of employees and applicants, only permitting them if certain conditions are met.

This guide, a companion to the FirstStep Employment Law elaws Advisors, describes the major statutes and regulations administered by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that affect businesses and workers. The Guide is designed mainly for those needing "hands-on" information to develop wage, benefit, safety and health, and nondiscrimination policies for businesses.

Fact sheet provides information for employers regarding employment laws related to people with disabilities.

Information from the Social Security Administration's Office of Employment Support Programs on how to become an Employment Network (EN) under the Ticket to Work Program. As an EN, employers are offered a financial incentive to hire people with disabilities. Employers can recruit from hundreds of Social Security disability beneficiaries who want to work, and generate over $4,700 in income within the first 9 months of a beneficiary's employment. This link opens a PDF document.

Answers to frequently asked questions about workplace privacy and accommodations issues relating to pandemic flu, as well as guidance for employers of all sizes to use as they develop or review plans to respond to 2009 H1N1 influenza now and during the upcoming influenza season.

Employer Innovations Online helps employers take action to address mental health at the workplace by providing case examples of successful corporate approaches. This site allows employers to search current approaches.

Through this captioned video presentation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) TARGET Discovery Series, learn about the technology, organizations, hiring authorities, and best practices that can help increase the employment and advancement of people with disabilities--one of the biggest untapped resources in today's federal and private workplaces.

The Internet improves access to employment and community for many people. However, there is growing concern that many Web sites are inaccessible to people with certain disabilities. This article examines the impact on people with disabilities of online human resources processes used for employee recruitment, benefits, and training.

Video on workplace accomodations and assistive technology from the Job Accomodations Network (JAN).

Basic information on job accommodations from the National Center on Workforce and Disability.

Fact sheet describes the kinds of questions employers may ask current employees about their medical conditions in order to update or implement an emergency evacuation plan.

In 1988 Congress designated each October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). This effort to educate the American public about issues related to disability and employment actually began in 1945, when Congress enacted a law declaring the first week in October each year National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week. Read President Barack Obama's National Disability Employment Month proclamation and learn more about NDEAM events and celebrations that will take place throughout the month of October.

Publication highlights guidelines and strategies to help organizations make their meetings accessible and welcoming to people with disabilities. This link opens a PDF document.

Guide for the business community and the federal government identifies steps that can be taken to adopt successful business policies and practices that help the employment of people with disabilities. This link opens a Word document. The report can also be downloaded in PDF format.

Information from Business.gov, a Small Business Administration-sponsored Web site on federal and state labor laws, about topics including hiring and accommodating people with disabilities and veterans, employee benefits and more.

Clarifies the rights and responsibilities of employers and individuals with disabilities regarding reasonable accommodation and undue hardship under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Includes a series of posters that display positive messages about disability and employment. Download one poster or all seven posters in PDF format. Each poster includes a message that speaks to a different audience, including employers/employees, youth, people with disabilities and the general public. Use these posters to help spread the word that at work, it's what people can do that matters.

Includes articles, checklists, a glossary and links to useful disability resources to help human resource (HR) professionals better understand the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), job accommodations and the employment process as it relates to people with disabilities.

Provides information and addresses misconceptions regarding hiring people recovering from substance abuse.

Links to wide range of workforce development resources for employers.

Fact sheet provides information on the workplace accommodations process under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Fact sheet that answers questions about workplace supports that individuals with disabilities may need to obtain and keep a job. This information can be downloaded in Word format.

Provides information on registered apprenticeship and how it can be used to provide employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The intended audiences for this tool kit are service providers that work with young people, including young people with disabilities. For more information read the background document Improving Transition Outcomes of Youth with Disabilities by Increasing Access to Apprenticeship Opportunities.

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