Appendix A
Comprehensive Resource List for Hiring People with Disabilities
“Able & Willing” is a captioned video of stories about people with disabilities and businesses working together to create successful mentorships, internships, and long-term employment opportunities.
http://www.ableandwilling.net/
“Accessibility Case Studies” showcases organizations that have integrated accessible technology solutions into their technology plans to help individuals with various types of impairments maintain productivity on the job. They feature best practices and lessons learned as well as examples of why it makes good business sense to provide accessible technology in the workplace.
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/casestudy/default.aspx
ADA Title II tutorial (Project of the DBTAC National Network of ADA Centers)
“ADA Toolbox”
http://www.mmb.state.mn.us/ada-toolbox
“ADA: Your Responsibilities as an Employer”
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/ada17.html
Asia & Pacific Disability Forum (APDF)
http://www.normanet.ne.jp/~apdf/index.html
“Survey of Employer Perspectives on the Employment of People with Disabilities” is a report that provides findings from the most extensive survey in history of employers’ actions and attitudes toward employing people with disabilities.
http://www.dol.gov/odep/documents/
survey_report_jan_09.doc
“Best Practices of Private Sector Employers” is a report from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that highlights noteworthy business practices by which employers are complying with their equal employment opportunity obligations and diversity objectives.
http://archive.eeoc.gov/abouteeoc/task_reports/prac2.html
“Circle of Champions: Innovators in Employing All Americans”
http://www.dol.gov/odep/newfreedom/coc2007/brochure.htm
“Defining Your DDQ: Disability Diversity Quotient”
http://www.disability-marketing.com/
newsletter/2006-03-article-ddq.php4
Definition of Disability by Deborah Kaplan, director of the World Institute on Disability
http://www.accessiblesociety.org/topics/
demographics-identity/dkaplanpaper.htm
Department of Veterans Affairs, Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Service helps employers across the country fill workforce needs with trained, educated, and experienced disabled veterans. It provides recruitment assistance based on employers’ specific qualification requirements, and candidates are skilled, committed workers who are prescreened for specific employment opportunities. Through the service, employers also gain access to resources to assist with recruitment, retention, and succession planning strategies.
http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/
Disability & HR: Tips for Human Resource (HR) Professionals This website contains resources, articles, and checklists for HR professionals.
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/hr_tips/home.cfm
HR Checklists: Disability Nondiscrimination and Best Practices
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/hr_tips/list.cfm
Disability Employment 101 is a publication that addresses how to find qualified workers with disabilities and highlights what various businesses have done to successfully integrate individuals with disabilities into the workforce. Jointly developed by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, it provides information about Vocational Rehab Agencies and Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers as well as checklists and other resources to aid employers as they prepare to employ people with disabilities.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/
osers/products/employmentguide/index.html
Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI)
Diversity World
http://www.diversityworld.com/Disability/newsletter.htm
Equality and Human Rights Commission (United Kingdom)
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/
“Diverse Perspectives: People with Disabilities Fulfilling Your Business Goals”
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/diverse.htm
“Diversifying Your Workforce: A Four-Step Reference Guide to Recruiting, Hiring, & Retaining Employees with Disabilities”
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/
smbuss/diversify/workforce.pdf
The DRM Regional Resources Directory lists disability organizations by state.
http://www.disabilityresources.org/DRMreg.html
“Effective Interaction: Communicating with and About People with Disabilities in the Workplace”
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/
effectiveinteraction.htm
Employer Assistance & Resource Network (EARN) is a free, confidential service from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy that connects job seekers and employers seeking qualified candidates with disabilities. By using EARN, employers gain access to a nationwide network of employment service providers who work with people with disabilities looking to join or return to the workforce. EARN also offers technical assistance to employers on issues relating to hiring and employing individuals with disabilities.
“Employer’s Accommodation Process”
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/hr_tips/
list_1.cfm?c_id=62&view_all=true
“Employers and the ADA: Myths and Facts”
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/
fact/ada.htm
“Employer’s Guide to Hidden Disabilities”
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/careercenter/emplguide/cognitive.html
“Employment Checklist for Hiring Persons with Disabilities”
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/ek96/chcklist.htm
“Employment Laws: Disability & Discrimination”
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/laws.htm
“Employment Laws: Overview & Resources for Employers”
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/overview.htm
European Disability Forum (EDF)
“Focus on Ability: Interviewing Applicants with Disabilities”
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/focus.htm
Frequently Asked Questions for Employers from Earnworks.com
http://www.earnworks.com/BusinessCase/faqs.asp
Government publications and fact sheets about accommodations, disability and workplace culture, discrimination in the workplace, emergency preparedness, employment laws and legal issues, employment options, recruitment and retention, and tax incentives for employers
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/publicat.htm
Inclusion International (II)
http://www.inclusion-international.org
“Interaction with State and Federal Legislation”
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/hr_tips/
list_1.cfm?c_id=63&view_all=true
“It Takes Ingenuity and Persistence to Succeed, Disabled Workers Say”
http://nexxstepsolutions.com/_WpBlog/?p=3
“The Job Accommodation Process: Steps to Collaborative Solutions”
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/misc/job.htm
“Making It Easy to Do the Right Thing” (booklet and DVD)
http://diversitynz.com/diversityworks-trust/
past-projects/hdc-dvd/
Marketing Course: Reaching Out to Customers with Disabilities
http://www.ada.gov/reachingout/intro1.htm
“Maximizing Productivity: Accommodations for Employees with Psychiatric Disabilities”
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/psychiatric.htm
“Myths and Facts About Workers with Disabilities”
http://www.doleta.gov/disability/htmldocs/myths.cfm
“Opening Doors to All Candidates: Tips for Ensuring Access for Applicants with Disabilities”
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/opening.htm
“Performance Management and Opportunities for Promotion and Training”
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/hr_tips/
list_1.cfm?c_id=61&view_all=true
“Personal Assistance Services in the Workplace” Basic fact sheet about personal assistance services in the workplace prepared by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy.
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/ek97/personal.htm
“Recruitment, Pre-Employment Screening, Testing, and Orientation”
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/hr_tips/
list_1.cfm?c_id=60&view_all=true
“Return on Investment” is a video about ROI.
http://www.earnworks.com/BusinessCase/videos/roi.html
“Sample ADA Policies, Forms and Checklists” (Job Accommodation Network)
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/links/adapolicies.html
State governors’ committees on employment of people with disabilities. Each state typically has a governor-appointed board, committee, commission, or council that provides leadership to its efforts to improve employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Employers may contact these committees for information about state-specific resources available to help them recruit and retain qualified individuals with disabilities.
http://www.dol.gov/odep/state/state.htm
“The State of Disability in America: An Evaluation of the Disability Experience by the Life Without Limits Project” (United Cerebral Palsy)
http://www.ucp.org/uploads/StateofDisability.pdf
“Tax Incentives for Providing Business Accessibility”
http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/tifpba.htm
Think Beyond the Label is an online source of expert tools and resources for businesses looking to evolve their workforce.
http://www.thinkbeyondthelabel.com/Default.aspx
Thinking Outside the Box: Creative Solutions for Accommodating Disabilities is a resource tool for accommodating employees with a disability.
http://www.totb.ca/english/index.asp
Title III compliance checklist (from the Job Accommodation Network)
http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/media/IIIChecklist.html
UN disability statistics
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/
demographic/sconcerns/disability/
UN focal point on disability
http://www.un.org/disabilities/
U.S. International Council on Disabilities (USA)
Value of Employees with Disabilities: What Businesses Say
http://www.earnworks.com/BusinessCase/index.asp
Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) state agencies help individuals with disabilities obtain and maintain employment. Thus, they also assist employers in identifying qualified, job-ready candidates with disabilities to fill their workforce needs. Each state has a designated person tasked with building and maintaining employer relationships. In addition to recruitment assistance, state VR agencies can provide services such as work evaluation and assessment for and provision of assistive technology and other workplace accommodations.
http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/
vrpractices/busdev.html
Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) helps employers identify qualified college students with disabilities for summer work experience and, in some cases, full-time employment. Jointly coordinated by the Office of Disability Employment Policy and the U.S. Department of Defense, WRP establishes partnerships with other federal agencies that commit to provide summer jobs as well as a staff recruiter for the program. Each year, recruiters personally interview about 1,500 students and compile a database of their qualifications that is available to these agencies, as well as private employers, at no cost.