Greg is a 26-year-old with a hearing disability and above-average intelligence, yet he has been chronically unemployed since he graduated from high-school. Time and again Greg was asked to adapt to ...

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and in Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont’s Administration marked the occasion with a proclamation and press release celebrating individuals with ...

If you give any leader the opportunity to increase their talent pool of potential employees by 15 percent—with all these new hires belonging to an underrepresented minority—they’d jump at the chance, ...

Based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Jobs Report released today, the labor force participation rate for people with disabilities (ages 16-64) increased from 41.3 percent in ...

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AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - Employing people with disabilities is the goal of the AbilityOne Program. The Tri-Development Center of Aiken County works with the program, offering a number of jobs for the ...

Washington makes money available to the states to help young people with disabilities enter the work force. New Jersey has the worst record of helping connect families with such help. By Meredith ...

Losing the Just-A-Buck franchise is about more than just losing a retail business or a job training site. "It's not a dollar store," said assistant manager Malachi Blackwell. "It's a family." ...

While many services will continue, Congress’ failure to fund the government could have big implications for people with disabilities who depend on a wide array of federal programs. Democrats and ...

People with disabilities are four times more likely to be victims of violent crime. Federal funding to bring their abusers to justice is dwindling.