Hollywood's Doors Opening for Actors with Disabilities since California passed the Lanterman Act, which grants services (and funding for them) to people with disabilities to let them live as independent a life as possible. -April 8, 2008
People with Disabilities Report Numerous Obstacles including negative employer attitudes, lack of or unreliable transportation, and insufficient levels of formal education. -January 31, 2008
DePaul University Study of Costs and Benefits - of employing people with disabilities finds few risks to employers. -January 28, 2008
Performance of Workers with Disabilities as good as co-workers. -January 28, 2008
A Troublesome Decline in Disability Hiring - Most federal agencies are losing more employees with severe disabilities than they are hiring, and the EEOC wants the government back on path as a model employer. -January 17, 2008
EEOC faults efforts to hire people with disabilities - The federal government is becoming an increasingly unwelcome place for people with disabilities to work. -January 16, 2008
New EEOC Fact Sheet: Employment Tests and Selection Procedures. -December 21, 2007
Labor Nominee Urges Hiring of Disabled - Employers are realizing benefit, he says. -December 13, 2007
They Beat Cancer in Childhood ... and Then? - For Many Who Defeat Illness, Lingering Effects Mean They Struggle in the Working World. -December 11, 2007
High Court to Rule on Wal-Mart Transfer of Disabled Worker. -December 10, 2007
Groups show why disabled should be hired - Chances are if you want a job, you've got one — unless you have a disability. -December 5, 2007
Learning Disabilities and Entrepreneurs - Many CEOs who work for big and small firms tell about learning disabilities that plagued them since youth. -November 27, 2007
Legalized Discrimination in Hollywood - Actor Danny Murphy, the National Vice Chair of the Screen Actors Guild Performers with Disabilities (PWD) Committee, wants the world to recognize disability as part of diversity. -November 7, 2007
Employment Gap Between Working-Age People With and Without Disabilities Continues. -November 7, 2007
More Employers Face Caregiver-Related Suits - An increased number of employees with elder and child care demands, discrimination lawsuits are on the rise. -October 26, 2007
CVS Caremark Inks Disability Employment Pact - a two-year nationwide alliance to promote the employment of people with disabilities. -October 24, 2007
Security Concerns Hurt Blind Vendors - increased building security since the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, including federal staff cuts have meant business is down drastically. -October 24, 2007
NCD Says Increase Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities. -October 1, 2007
White House Proclamation on Disability National Disability Employment Awareness Month, 2007. -September 29, 2007
Erasing 'Un' From 'Unemployable' - Walgreen Program Trains the Disabled To Take on Regular Wage-Paying Jobs. -August 2, 2007
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