Visual Disabilities



Website Resources Related to Disability Issues

Developed by The Career Center at Florida State University

May 2005

Government Career-Related Resources for People who have Disabilities

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Ticket to Work and Work Incentive Improvement Act (TWWIIA)

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s program, which helps people with disabilities who have to deal with health care issues as well as employment.



Web site developed from the collaboration of various Federal governmental agencies. It provides links to disability-related resources, services, and information within the government

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Enforces federal laws prohibiting job discrimination.

Social Security Administration

Provides information about qualifying for disability benefits.

Benefits Planning, Assistance, and Outreach Program

Projects that provide access to work incentives planning and assistance services for Social Securities Administration beneficiaries with disabilities

Office of Employment Support Programs

Promotes the employment of Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities through policy and outreach activities

Office of Disability Employment Policy

This office influences disability-related employment policy and practice.

Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP)

Database of college students and recent college graduates with severe disabilities who are looking for summer employment/full-time employment.

Americans with Disabilities Resources

This user-friendly Web site contains links to information of interest to people with disabilities, their families, employers, service providers and other community members.

State/Local Government Agencies

State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies

Provide individualized employment counseling and job development for individuals with disabilities. 

One Stop Centers

This Web site is an interactive database that locates the nearest one-stop center. A one-stop center provides job seekers with job listings, job finding workshops, and access to computers, copiers and fax machines. 

General Career Resources for People who have Disabilities

Advocacy Groups

Association of Persons in Supported Employment

Improves and expands integrated employment opportunities, services, and outcomes for persons experiencing disabilities.

Barrier Breakers

Assists people with disabilities to develop a PASS (Plan for Achieving Self-Support) -- a Social Security work incentive program that generates money under the person’s control to get what they need to go to work or start a business.

Diversity World

Provides helpful information for individuals from groups that have traditionally experienced employment barriers and/or discrimination

Aspiring Business Leaders/Owners

Diversity World’s Self-employment e-group Discussion

This networking forum promotes the development of more self-employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Participants can post comments and questions and promote related events, publications, organizations and resources.  

Small Business and Self-Employment Service

This service of the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy provides information, counseling, and referrals about self-employment and small business ownership opportunities for people with disabilities.

Accommodations

 

Job Accommodation Network (JAN)

Part of the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy that provides information about job accommodations.

Searchable On-line Accommodation Resource (SOAR) Interactive database which provides information about functional limitations of individuals who have particular disabilities and the appropriate accommodations.

Tech Connections

Assistive technology database for vocational rehabilitation and employment-related needs.

Miscellaneous

Work

Information, resources and research about work and disability issues  



Jobseekers with disabilities can post their resumes and employers can recruit individuals with disabilities at this site.

Rutgers University

Information on whether or not to disclose a disability to an employer.

USA Jobs

Job opportunities for people with disabilities.

DO-IT washington.edu/doit/

DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) serves to increase the participation of individuals with disabilities in challenging academic programs and careers. It promotes the use of computer and networking technologies to increase independence, productivity, and participation in education and employment.

Entry Point!

Entry Point is a program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) offering outstanding internship opportunities for students with disabilities in science, engineering, mathematics, computer science, and some fields of business.

AFB Career Connect

AFB Career Connect is a free resource for people to learn about the range and diversity of the jobs that are performed throughout the United States and Canada by adults who are blind or visually impaired.

Florida Developmental Disabilities Council

The Florida Developmental Disabilities Council encourages and advocates opportunities for persons with developmental disabilities and their families, to enhance their quality of life within their communities.



The nation’s leading online service for diversity recruitment and career development.

University of Tennessee Disability-Careers Office

The goal of the Disability-Careers Office (DCO) is to assist college students and alumni, with will types of disabilities, by providing career planning services and guidance. Has good information on disclosure.

Muhlenberg College

Contains a self-evaluation of strengths & weaknesses (how disability has impacted your life & what you have learned), academic & workplace accommodations, information on disclosure, as well as print and online resources.

Disability Disclosure: To Tell or Not To Tell

Advice on when to disclose a disability during the job search process.

Just One Break

Just One Break brings together the area’s leading employers and qualified applicants with disabilities to help meet or exceed business expectations.

National Business and Disability Council business-

Leading national corporate resource for hiring, working with, and marketing people with disabilities. They have a nationwide resume database for college grads with disabilities.

Lift, Inc. lift-

A nonprofit company that identifies, trains, and hires computer professionals with physical disabilities through contracts with major corporations. After training, people are assigned to corporations that can hire the specialists after a one-year apprenticeship.

Career Resources for People who have Hearing Disabilities

Hearing Exchange

The Hearing Exchange provides a variety of information for those who have hearing disabilities, including sections to post résumés and jobs .



This site provides job listings for those in the deaf/hard of hearing community. It also lists career events, including diversity career events.

Job Accommodation Network (JAN)

Job Accommodation Network is a service of Office of Disability Employment Policy of the U.S. Department of Labor. JAN has a Searchable On-line Accommodation Resource (SOAR) to help employers identify functional limitations of particular types of disabilities and the appropriate accommodations. Different types of hearing disabilities are discussed at .

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National Association of the Deaf

The National Association of the Deaf provides a variety of services for those with hearing disabilities, such as legal and advocacy issues. They also provide job postings on their Web site through their Job Market Online located at

National Technical Institute for the Deaf Center on Employment

This Center helps students and alumni. The Center’s Web site provides insightful information, such as job seeking tips for those who have a hearing disability . It also provides information for employers for interviewing candidates () or working with employees with a hearing disability. It also provides information for employers about hiring interpreters .

Deafbase

Deafbase provides a forum of discussion boards within the deaf/hard of hearing community to discuss various issues. The Career and Employment forum provides a discussion of tips and advice. Job postings are placed on the Employment Ads forum .

Career Resources for People who have Hidden Disabilities

Attention Deficit Disorder Association

This organization’s Web site provides several articles about selecting careers and adjusting to the workplace .

Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation/Boston University

The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University participates in research, training, and service to help persons who have psychiatric disabilities. Their Web site provides information about how mental illness may affect work and information about reasonable accommodations .

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder (CHADD)

CHADD provides information about workplace issues such as legal issues and tips for success . These tips for success are discussed in articles which provide clear instructions about implementing them.

Job Accommodation Network

JAN provides a variety of accommodations for people with various types of hidden disabilities, including learning and psychiatric disabilities .

Learning Disabilities Association of America

The Learning Disabilities Association of America has articles about self-advocacy in the workplace and self-disclosure .

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission provides inforamtion about employment of people with different types of disabilties . Articles have been written to help employers and individuals with particular types of disabilities; such as, intellectual disabilities and diabetes .

Department of Foreign Languages/ Learning Disabilities

This websites provides a foreign language teacher's guide to learning disabilities. It also lists Assistive Technology, links to: “Attention deficit disorder (ADD) websites, Auditory Deficits websites, College Policies for Students with Disabilities websites, commercial site, dyslexia sites, Hyperlexia information websites, government resource websites, and legal information.

WorkSupport

Information, resources, and research about work and disability.

VDLOnline

Provides information on learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and other professionals. Also includes monthly articles on the research in the field.

LD Resources

LD Resources is a collection of 860 entries on various aspects of learning disabilities with 349 comments from community members just like you

Bipolar Disorder Resources job_school/job_school.htm

Website devoted to information on working and going to school with bipolar disorder.

Career Resources for People with Mobility Disabilities

Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network on Employment and Training (GLADNET)

The Network brings together research centers, universities, enterprises, government departments, trade unions, and organizations of and for persons with disabilities. Their common goal is to advance competitive employment and training opportunities for persons with disabilities.

National Spinal Cord Injury Association

Resources related to spinal cord injury. Employment related links to various resources:

Career Resources for People with Visual Disabilities

American Council of the Blind

The Council serves as a representative national organization of blind people elevating the standards of living, improve educational and employment opportunities, and increase understanding of blindness and the capabilities of those who have visual disabilities.

eSight Careers Network

Employment and small business information and career networking for people who are blind or visually impaired.

Florida Division of Blind Services

This is Florida’s state agency that is responsible for helping people who have visual disabilities to live independently and achieve their goals.

Job Accommodation Network (JAN)

Job Accommodation Network is a service of Office of Disability Employment Policy of the U.S. Department of Labor. JAN has a Searchable On-line Accommodation Resource (SOAR) to help employers identify functional limitations of particular types of disabilities and the appropriate accommodations. Different types of visual disabilities are discussed at .

Products are described at .

Lighthouse International

Lighthouse International provides a variety of resources for people who have visual disabilities, including Career Awards.

National Federation of the Blind

The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) is the nation's largest organization of blind persons. General information about employment and training can be found at . The National Federation of the Blind has many divisions that are specific to different types of occupations. Links to the different divisions may be found at .

RISE Partners (Reach Independence through Self-Employment)

The RISE program supports those who have visual disabilities to own their own businesses. The Florida Division of Blind Services may provide funding for small businesses whose business plan has been favorably reviewed by the RISE Program's Business Plan Review Committee and approved by the Florida Division of Blind Services.

Florida Blind Services state.fl.us/dbs/

Directory of services for those with a visual impairment.

The Blind Readers Page

Sources for audiobooks and magazines for those with a visual impairment.

American Foundation for the Blind, Career Connect careerconnect

AFB Career Connect is a free resource for people to learn about the range and diversity of the jobs that are performed throughout the United States and Canada by adults who are blind or visually impaired.

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