Abilities Expo: This trade show highlights new products and services including computers, job related devices, athletic equipment, mobility products and daily living aids.
Accessible Technology in Today's Business: by Gary Moulton, LaDeana Huyler, Janice Hertz, Mark Levenson. This books explores the unique needs and preferences of employees with disabilities by teaming assistive technology products with Microsoft software. It explores accessibility solutions on the job through case studies. A timely book.
American Foundation for the Blind, CareerConnect: This free resource is for people who are blind or visually impaired. They can learn about the range and diversity of the jobs that are performed throughout the United States by adults who are blind or visually impaired.
GAO Report to Congress: Workforce Investment Act: Youth Provisions Promote New Service Strategies, but Additional Guidance Would Enhance Program Development, April 2002. A PDF file.
Job Accommodation Network: JAN is a free consulting service that provides information about job accommodations, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the employability of people with disabilities.
National Center on Workforce and Disability/Adult: NCWD can provide training, technical assistance, policy analysis, and information to improve access for all in the workforce development system. Join the E-Announcement List and receive biweekly email alerts on publications and training to improve services for customers with disabilities.
National Disability Policy: A Progress Report: The National Council on Disability (NCD) published this report in July, 2002. It addresses issues related to people with disabilities addressing assistive technology and telecommunications.
National Employment Transportation Project: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) understands that the employment and training networks and transportation networks can work together to overcome the transportation barriers of those entering the workforce. In partnership with the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA), the DOL has created a technical assistance program, the National Joblinks Employment Transportation Demonstration, to address this vital employment transportation issue.
National Service Inclusion Project: NSIP is a training and technical assistance project that works to increase the participation of people with disabilities in national Service. NSIP builds connections between disability organizations and state commissions, offices, and service programs.
The Northeast Work Incentives Support Center : This center at Cornell University has a series of policy and practice briefs on-line. Topics include:
You can find the Briefs in both PDF and text
One-Stop Career Centers and the New Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program: Should you get involved in the Ticket to Work program? The new OneStops.info brief provides an overview of the major provisions in the final regulations implementing the Ticket program, and describes the policy tradeoffs and other factors to consider when determining whether and how to participate.
PASS--Plan for Achieving Self Support: A PASS allows a person with a disability to set aside income and/or resources for a specific period of time to realize a work goal. Any person who receives SSI benefits, or receives SSDI and could qualify for SSI, may be able to have a plan. There is no limit to the number of successful PASS plans a person may receive in a lifetime.
Promising Practices: This site houses research and reference resource for innovative and continuous improvement practices in workforce development. It is all local, state, federal and private sector partners involved in the One-Stop delivery system
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Workforce Investment and Employment Policy for Persons with Disabilities: The Center helps expand, improve, and modify disability policy and other more general policies in order to improve the employment status of Americans with disabilities and increase their independence and self-sufficiency.
SSA Site for Organizations and Groups: A website for members of national organizations and groups. It provides easy access to Social Security information, such as forms, facts and figures, tailored to meet the needs of organizations and those they serve.
Ticket to Work: This web site contains information on the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-170), and the Ticket to Work Program.
U.S. Department of Labor/Office of Disability Employment Policy; Publications: Many of these disability-related publications, which include fact sheets, ADA brochures, reports and other publications, address the rights of persons with disabilities under the ADA and other laws.