Workshop on Hiring Latino Jobseekers with Disabilities in Miami: Employers Discuss Myths, Misperceptions, Questions & Concerns
On September 28, 2005 a group of employers in the Miami, Florida area participated in a workshop where they learned about recruiting, training and retaining job seekers with disabilities.

Benefits Planning, Assistance & Outreach (BPAO) Services - What Do They Do?
The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 caused an increase in the number of people providing benefits planning, assistance & outreach (BPAO) services. According to Social Security Administration benefits planning and assistance is defined as...

Mathew Sapolin, Executive Director for the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, New York City
Recently Mathew Sapolin, Executive Director for the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities in New York City sat down with me to talk about what his office is doing to increase employment opportunities for Latinos. Here's what he had to say.

Disabled Advocates Working for Northwest, Inc. (DAWN): New Jersey ILC Staff Talk About Latinos & Employment
The DAWN Independent Living Center in Wharton, NJ provides four core services: information and referral, peer support, advocacy, and independent living skills training. They also have recreational programs for people with disabilities, as well as transition and self-advocacy training for students transitioning from school to work or school to post-secondary education.

Ability Links: Linking Qualified Persons with Disabilities to Employment Opportunities - Including Latinos?
Established in July 2001 Ability Links is a web-based organization dedicated to connecting jobseekers with disabilities to employers and vice versa. The idea to create the website was conceived when rehabilitation staff at Marianjoy, a rehabilitation hospital in Illinois, noticed an increase in the number of people with Traumatic Brain Injuries who were not able to find new jobs or return to their former ones.

Community Unity for Assistive Technology in Central California
According to RehabTool.com, assistive technology (AT) "...can enable people with disabilities to accomplish daily living tasks, assist them in communication, education, work or recreation activities, in essence, help them achieve greater independence and enhance their quality of life.

Silent Voices: Injured Agricultural Workers
California is the nation's largest agricultural state. In 2004 its crop sales were $18.1 billion up from $16.9 billion in 2003. By and large, farm workers maintain California's farms.

Military Now Considering People with Disabilities as Potential Soldiers
Should people with disabilities be allowed to serve in the United States Armed Forces? Emmanuel Arzate thinks so. But, because he has muscular dystrophy, he wasn't given a chance to join the Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps (JROTC) at Thomas Jefferson High School in El Paso, Texas.

"Horsing Around" with Disabled Children
Twelve-year-old Kara was born with Rett Syndrome, a neurological disorder found almost exclusively in females, and affecting their motor system. At the age of five, she began riding a horse...on her stomach.