Tools
- Access to the 21st Century: Creating Technology & Accessibility through Innovation in the Workplace
- Myths & Facts About People With Disabilities
- Partnerships in Employment - Supporting Adults with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities in their Communities
- Universal Design in the Workplace
Websites
- AbilityJobs - The Goal of JobAccess and abilityJOBS is to enable people with disabilities to enhance their professional lives by providing a dedicated system for finding employment. By posting job opportunities, or searching resumes, employers can find qualified persons with disabilities as well as demonstrate their affirmative action and open door policies.
- AbilityLinks - Job opportunity website for persons with disabilities and inclusive employers
- ADA National Network - Information, guidance, and training on the Americans with Disabilities Act
- American Association for People with Disabilities (AAPD) - AAPD is committed to ensuring that all people with disabilities have the right to equal opportunity, to be economically self-sufficient, and to earn and save without jeopardizing access to the services and supports that allow them to live and work independently.
- Association for People in Supported Employment (APSE) - APSE supports Employment First to facilitate the full inclusion of people with disabilities in the workplace and community.
- Disability.gov - Disability.gov’s Employment section offers a broad range of resources about finding a job. In addition, they have developed this guide to connect individuals with programs, services, government agencies and organizations that can help them find information about career planning and job training, employment laws and regulations and job accommodations and supports.
- Disability.jobs - The companies featured on this My.jobs Microsite have a focus on the recruitment and hiring of people with disabilities. The job opportunities that appear on this site represent the employer’s high priority of finding people with disabilities in the workforce.
- Employer Assistance & Resource Network (EARN) - Resources to help employers recruit, hire, retain and advance individuals with disabilities
- Getting Hired - GettingHired launched in 2008 with the sole purpose of helping people with disabilities find gainful employment.
- Hire Disability Solutions - The mission of Hire Disability Solutions is to give all that want a chance to succeed, the opportunity to succeed. Hire Disability Solutions was founded in response to the increasing demand for services for individuals with disabilities. Additionally, they aim to promote inclusion into the mainstream employment world.
- HirePotential - HirePotential, Inc. provides solutions to help government contractors succeed in navigating the complexities of disability compliance and inclusion.
- Job Accommodation Network (JAN) - The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is the leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues. Working toward practical solutions that benefit both employer and employee, JAN helps people with disabilities enhance their employability, and shows employers how to capitalize on the value and talent that people with disabilities add to the workplace.
- Leadership for the Employment & Economic Advancement of People with Disabilities (LEAD) - The LEAD Center is a collaborative of disability, workforce and economic empowerment organizations dedicated to a single mission: advancing sustainable individual and systems level change to improve competitive, integrated employment and economic self-sufficiency for all people across the spectrum of disability.
- National Center on Workforce and Disability (NCWD) - Provides training, technical assistance, policy analysis, and information to improve access for all in the workforce development system.
- National Disability Institute - National Disability Institute's Real Economic Impact (REI) Network is an alliance of organizations and individuals dedicated to a common mission the economic advancement of people with disabilities.
- National Organization on Disability (NOD) - The National Organization on Disability (NOD) is a private, non-profit organization that promotes the full participation and contributions of America’s 56 million people with disabilities in all aspects of life. NOD focuses on increasing employment opportunities for the 80-percent of working-age Americans with disabilities who are not employed.
- Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) - Developing and influencing policies and practices that increase the number and quality of employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
- Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT) - Fostering collaboration and action around accessible technology in the workplace.
- Society for Human Resource Development (SHRM) - The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is an Alliance partner of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). SHRM and ODEP work together to increase the employment of individuals with disabilities. As part of this partnership, SHRM has joined The Campaign for Disability Employment, a nationwide effort to highlight the value and talent people with disabilities bring to the workplace as well as the dividends realized by their full inclusion at work.
- U.S. Business Leadership Network (USBLN) - The US Business Leadership Network® (USBLN®) is a national non-profit that helps business drive performance by leveraging disability inclusion in the workplace, supply chain, and marketplace.
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment
- U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) - GSA is dedicated to supporting Americans with disabilities in the workplace and beyond. GSA has a rich history of inclusion and is committed to creating a more accessible society, engaging in numerous efforts to create a more open government. This page will serve as a central resource for all related GSA web links.
- Vets.gov - The Veterans Employment Center™ (VEC) connects Veterans and their families with meaningful employment and career-development opportunities.
- Viscardi Employment Placement Services - Employment Placement Services assist youths and adults with disabilities, aging individuals and veterans in conducting successful job searches.