Strategies to Support Employer-Driven Initiatives to Recruit and Retain Employee with Disabilities

Hi,

Here is another excellent resource. 

This report, Disability and Work: A Research Brief is available from the National Organization on Disability. Authors are Elaine Katz, MS, CCC-SLP of Kessler Foundation, Meg O’Connell of the National Organization on Disability (NOD), and Robert Nicholas, PhD, of the Heldrich Center.   It explores a growing trend among employers to establish initiatives to increase the participation of workers with disabilities in their workplaces. By profiling successful disability employment initiatives, the brief examines the successful partnership initiatives that have enabled employers to hire people with disabilities.  “These initiatives are resulting in integrated workforces where people with and without disabilities work side by side,” said Katz, “and employers are reporting benefits in their workplaces and to their bottom lines.” 

You can access that report online at:

http://www.nod.org/assets/downloads/Employer_Driven_Initiatives.pdf

Enjoy and learn ~

Are any of our members work involved in workplace programs?  If so, I invite you to share some of your experiences.

Thanks, 

Rochelle Kenyon, SME