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View Post: Fire and judgment: Wall Street Journal: Haven for Disabled Workers ...
12 hours ago by W  
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 barred employers from discriminating against workers with disabilities and forced them to make reasonable accommodations -- such as wheelchair ramps -- so that qualified disabled people ...
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View Post: » Solve Employee Retention & Absenteeism problems – hire people ...
14 hours ago by employeerecognition  
From entry level to professional positions workers with disabilities have fewer job changes and absences than their non-disabled peers. They are producing a good day's work for their dedicatedEmployer. ...
View Blog: Employee Recognition - http://employeerecognition.ibloger.net/

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View Post: Job Crunch Even Harder On People With Disabilities - AllDeaf.com
27 Nov 2009 by Miss-Delectable  
One problem is that workers with disabilities often rely on government health care, but they can lose it if they make too much in salary. So there's a disincentive to work. Jobs Are Harder To Find Another challenge is that employers ...
View Blog: AllDeaf.com - http://www.alldeaf.com/

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View Post: Job Crunch Even Harder On People With Disabilities
26 Nov 2009 by admin  
“For our thinking, it's this persistence for people with disabilities not being in the labor force and why is that. That to me is the challenge.” One problem is that workers with disabilities often rely on government health care, ...
View Blog: KOSU Radio - http://www.kosu.org/

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View Post: Mark Harbeke - Taking the 'Dis' Out of Disability When It Comes to ...
17 Nov 2009
Providing further evidence that companies can be just as productive, and profitable, with workers with disabilities are two of Winning Workplaces' honored small firms: Clearbrook in Illinois and Pinnacle Services in Minnesota. ...
View Blog: Mark Harbeke - http://blog.winningworkplaces.org/blog/mark-harbeke

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View Post: Media dis&dat: Virginia businesses honored for hiring workers with ...
3 Nov 2009 by BA Haller  
Virginia businesses honored for hiring workers with disabilities. From The Free Lance Star in Fredericksburg, Va. In the picture, James Morrett (right) weighs salads as Famous Dave's kitchen manager Robert Kelly watches. ...
View Blog: Media dis&dat - http://media-dis-n-dat.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Disability.gov: What Happens to Medicaid Buy-In Participants After ...
26 Nov 2009 by Diana Z.  
The Medicaid Buy-In program makes it easier for people with disabilities to work without losing health benefits. The program allows states to expand Medicaid coverage to workers with disabilities whose income and assets would ordinarily ...
View Blog: Disability.gov - http://blog.govdelivery.com/usodep/

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View Post: Reflections on Working with States
23 Nov 2009 by NTAR Leadership Center  
For the past couple of years, I have directed the activities of the Center for Workers with Disabilities. CWD is a technical assistance center for state Medicaid Infrastructure Grant projects that is housed in the National Association ...
View Blog: Seeding Change - http://ntarseedingchange.blogspot.com/

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