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Disability Employment Awareness

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National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), recognized every October in the U.S., celebrates workers with disabilities and the value of an inclusive workforce that benefits from their skills and talents. One in five people in the American workforce has some form of disability.

AIR’s disability and rehabilitation work aims to support people with disabilities in creating career pathways, pursuing employment opportunities, and gaining economic security. Specifically, AIR conducts research, provides technical assistance, and has expertise in program evaluation, survey methods, interviews and focus groups, disability policy, and knowledge translation.

Related Links
KTER Center’s 2019 State of the Science Conference on Employment Research
Related Projects

Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury or Illness Network (RETAIN)

Experiencing an occupational or non-occupational injury or illness may significantly impact one’s ability to maintain or obtain employment, along with their employer’s business investment and productivity and overall economic activity at all levels of government. The Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury or Illness Network (RETAIN) project focuses on building ...

Disability Employment and Marketplace in Boston and Other Top Metropolitan Areas

In the marketplace, people with disabilities—and their families, friends, and advocates—wield considerable spending power. This underrecognized market sector offers tremendous potential to the business community. AIR and its partners created two research briefs that inform the business community in Boston and several other top metropolitan areas about the challenges faced ...
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WorkforceGPS

The workforce development community needs quality resources to help people with disabilities attain meaningful employment. Maher & Maher, an AIR affiliate, works with the U.S. Department of Labor to manage WorkforceGPS, an online technical assistance platform, resource clearinghouse, and an invested community of workforce system stakeholders from across the country. ...

Creating Access to Successful Employment in Kentucky (Project CASE)

Creating Access to Successful Employment (Project CASE) is Kentucky’s response to meeting the training and employment needs of individuals with disabilities within a career pathway framework. Funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Education, Project CASE intends to increase participation in career pathways for ...
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Deaf/Hard of Hearing Technology Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center

The Network of Consumer Hearing Assistive Technology Trainers (N-CHATT) is a partnership between AIR, Gallaudet University, and the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA). N-CHATT trains people affected by hearing loss to support and empower individuals in their communities to find, evaluate, use, and advocate for hearing assistive technology. ...
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Transition Work-Based Learning (TWBL) Model in Maine

Partnering with Maine Vocational Rehabilitation, AIR evaluated work-based learning interventions to help students with disabilities prepare for college and careers.

Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities (CPID)

Virginia's vocational rehabilitation agencies offer individuals with disabilities a new way to navigate their careers. Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities (CPID) helps individuals with disabilities obtain new skills and credentials to seek employment in competitive, high-demand, high-quality occupations. ...

Special Olympics Global Evaluation

The Special Olympics Unified Schools program creates opportunities for the social inclusion of youth with intellectual disabilities through Unified Sports, Inclusive Youth Leadership development, and Whole School Engagement activities; however, little is known about whether this program has similar effects outside the United States. To support Special Olympics in increasing ...
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Kathleen Murphy

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GeMar Neloms

GeMar Neloms

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Workforce
Disability and Rehabilitation