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Episode 102 Resources: Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Disabilities

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

  • 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

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

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