The Greatest Thing about Having a Child with Special Needs
A Proud Father Speaks About Special Needs Last month, we spoke about different steps you could be taking to best manage your loved one’s disability. This month, we’d like to focus on the bond that...
View ArticleTransition to Graduation – What’s Next?
Three Paths Well Traveled Summer is almost here and as many students with disabilities are either graduating or seeing their peers graduate from high school they may be asking themselves, “What’s...
View ArticleEmployment and Disability: New Jersey at Work
by Erin Jerome Employment First for People with Disabilities It has been four years since Governor Chris Christie announced New Jersey’s involvement with Employment First, a national movement aiming to...
View ArticleEmployment First In New Jersey – What’s It Mean and How Can It Help You?
First Employment – Disability Second In April of 2012, Governor Chris Christie declared New Jersey an Employment First state. With this simple declaration, New Jersey became a part of a national...
View ArticleHow Job Coaches Are Helping People Start Careers And Keep Them
A Professional Perspective Through the Eyes of Job Coach The role of a job coach is more than just finding jobs for individuals with disabilities. A job coach (formally known as an Employment...
View ArticleUntapped Workforce? It’s Time to Start Hiring People with Disabilities
People with Disabilities: The Untapped Workforce In America today, we have a strong economy and unemployment is at an all-time-low. Companies are hiring, and have even expressed difficulty filling all...
View ArticleSuccess Story: Mature Worker Goes From Unemployed to a Six-Figure Salary
It’s a line we hear all too often from hucksters, schemers, and con-men: “You can go from rags to riches by buying my book and learning my money making secrets!” They make promises of earning a...
View ArticleThe Business Side of Disability – PART I
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and in the spirit of the occasion, we decided to do something a little different with our blog… Many times, we have written about employment...
View ArticleThe Business Side of Disability – PART 2
As part of our continued celebration of October being National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), this is PART 2 of our blog series showcasing the untapped workforce of job seekers with...
View ArticleThe Business Side of Disability – Part 3
Making YOUR Workplace Accessible Welcome to PART 3 of our Business Side of Disability blog series. If you’ve missed PART 1 and PART 2, please give them a read, but it’s not necessary to understand...
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