Guest: Christine Griffin, Senior Executive Search Consultant with Bender Consulting Services, Inc.
Host: Dr. Peter Blanck, Chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University (BBI)
Contents
- Disability Employment Resources Featured in This Episode
- Federal Disability Employment Resources
- Disability & Employment Research
- ADA Live! Podcast Episodes Resources on Employment
- ADA Live! Podcast Episodes Resources on the History of the ADA and Disability Rights Laws
Disability Employment Resources Featured in This Episode
- Bender Consulting Services, Inc.
Bender provides disability employment expertise in the areas of recruitment, workplace mentoring, strategic planning, training, and digital accessibility. It operates across the U.S. and Canada.
Link: benderconsult.com - Disability Law Center
Disability Law Center (DLC) is the Protection and Advocacy agency for Massachusetts.
Link: dlc-ma.org
Federal Disability Employment Resources
- EEOC Commissioners and General Counsel
Source: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Link: eeoc.gov/commission - LEAD (Leadership for the Employment of Americans with Disabilities)
The goal for this initiative is to significantly increase the population of individuals with severe disabilities employed by the federal government.
Source: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Link: eeoc.gov/lead-initiative - LEAD Resources Page
Source: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Link: eeoc.gov/lead-resources - U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Disability Resources
Information and resources on applying for jobs, recruiting, hiring, and retaining individuals with disabilities in the Federal workforce.
Link: opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/disability-employment - EEOC Resources on Disability Discrimination
Information and resources for employees and employers on the ADA and reasonable accommodation, hiring, leave policies, medical exams and more.
Source: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Link: eeoc.gov/disability-discrimination - Employment Laws: Disability & Discrimination
Source: U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
Link: dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/laws.htm
Disability & Employment Research
- Disability Inclusive Employment Policy Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (DIEP)
The goal of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on “Disability Inclusive Employment Policy” (DIEP) is to design and implement a series of studies that produce new data and evidence on policy levers to increase employment rates of persons with disabilities with the objective of informing current and future policy and program development.
Source: Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University (BBI)
Link: bbi.syr.edu/projects/disability-inclusive-employment-policy-rehabilitation-research-and-training-centers - Program for Disability Research at Rutgers University
Co-directed by Douglas Kruse and Lisa Schur, the Program for Disability Research conducts and coordinates research on the economic, social, and political inclusion of people with disabilities. They focus on two broad areas: employment and political participation of people with disabilities.
Source: Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations
Link: smlr.rutgers.edu/faculty-research-engagement/program-disability-research
ADA Live! Podcast Episodes Resources on Employment
You can access all ADA Live! episodes with archived audio, accessible transcripts, and resources at ADAlive.org. Listen on the SoundCloud ADA Live! channel at soundcloud.com/adalive.
- America’s Recovery: Powered by Inclusive Employment Resources
Link: adalive.org/resources/episode-98-resources - Employment First and the ADA: Working Together Resources
Link: adalive.org/resources/episode-61-resources - ADA and Employment: Disclosure and Reasonable Accommodations Resources
Link: adalive.org/resources/episode-43-resources - Employment Law Developments and Advocacy Strategies for People with Disabilities Resources
Link: adalive.org/resources/episode-37-resources-2
ADA Live! Podcast Episodes Resources on the History of the ADA and Disability Rights Laws
You can access all ADA Live! episodes with archived audio, accessible transcripts, and resources on our website at ADAlive.org. Listen to ADA Live! podcasts on the SoundCloud ADA Live! channel at soundcloud.com/adalive.
- History & Future of Disability Rights: A Conversation with Judy Heumann- Resources
Link: adalive.org/resources/episode-82-resource - Living with a Disability: Four People Share their Stories – Resources
Link: adalive.org/resources/episode-78-resources - The ADA Then and Now: Celebrate ADA 30th Anniversary with the Honorable Tony Coelho- Resources
Link: adalive.org/resources/episode-83-resources - ADA Anniversary Tool Kit
Link: adaanniversary.org/ - Celebration of the ADA Anniversary – a conversation with the Honorable Tom Harkin – Resources
Link: adalive.org/resources/episode-70-resources