Information for Employers
Top Ten Reasons to Target Customers with Disabilities
- It's a potential market of 49 million customers.
- It's a new market segment to target.
- It creates a competitive advantage.
- It creates a wealth of community goodwill.
- It's an economic power waiting to be courted.
- It has potential of long-lasting relationships.
- It also includes people with disabilities' friends, families and business associates.
- It's recession proof.
- It's the law.
- It's a win-win situation for the visionary marketer.
If you would like more information, we have put together a handy guide of resources and information to assist you on hiring and employment of people with disabilities. Please contact us if you need additional information
Accomodations and ADA:
We have put together some resources to assist you in accomodating your employee's. The following are a couple of presentations that may help shed light on the process for you.
ADA Jeopardy - a poor imitation of the real thing!
Need information about how to accomodate an employee with a disability. The following website is one of the best resources availabe. The Job Accomodation Network or JAN is a free consulting service designed to increase the employability of people with disabilities by:
- providing individualized worksite accommodations solutions
- providing technical assistance regarding the ADA and other disability related legislation
- educating callers about self-employment options.
Here are some goodies that other folks shared with us and that we think you may find useful.
Seven Steps for Reasonable Accomodation
Tools and Information
In our work with employers we have developed a few tools that we have found useful both to them and to those advocating with them. We have found the following information helpful in both the hiring and job development process.
- Benefits of hiring a person with a disability
- Helpful tips to understanding different disabilities
- Statistics