Disability Awareness: Increasing Employers Understanding of the ADA, Accommodations & Other Supports in the Workplace
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course outline

i. introduction

ii. my story

iii. history

iv. myth & facts

v. research

vi. etiquette

vii. case studies

viii. resources

 

  

resources 


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  1. Job Accommodation Network http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/

  2. US Business Leadership Network http://www.usbln.com

  3. Society for Human Resource Managment http://www.shrm.org/diversity/

  4. American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA) www.ada.gov

  5. Center for Workforce Preparation http://www.uschamber.com/cwp/default.htm

  6. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov

  7. Virginia Commonwealth University’s Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports (VCU-RRTC) www.worksupport.com

  8. Disability & Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTAC"s) http://www.adata.org/dbtac.html

  9. The Americans with Disabilities Act: A Primer for Small Business http://www.eeoc.gov/ada/adahandbook.html

  10. Rehabilitation Services Administration http://www.ed.gov/offices/osers/rsa/

  11. Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) www.dol.gov/odep

  12. DisabilityInfo.gov  http://www.disabilityinfo.gov

  13. Employment Assistance Referral Network  http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/ek01/recruit.htm

  14. U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) www.dol.gov

  15. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) www.eeoc.gov

Customers with Specific Disabilities

Disability and Employment Related Acronyms

 
References
 

U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy


Disability Etiquette Handbook by the City of San Antonio, Texas Planning Department and the Disability Advisory Committee

Virginia Commonwealth University Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports. (2003). Fast facts on disability etiquette (Vol. III, No. 2) [Brochure]. Brooke, V. & Buehlmann, B: Edited.

McDonough, J.T., Brooke, V., & Wehman, P. (2002). How do frontline supervisors in business perceive the performance of workers with disabilities? Employers’ views of workplace supports: A study guide for human resource managers (pp. 23-32). Richmond, VA.

Unger, D., Kregel, J., Wehman, P., & Brooke, V. (2002). How do frontline supervisors in business perceive the performance of workers with disabilities? Employers’ views of workplace supports: Virginia commonwealth university charter business roundtable’s national study of employers’ experiences with workers with disabilities (pp. 33-46). Richmond, VA.
 

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