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Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
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, and educating callers about self-employment options.
The Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
provides employers a wide array of resources and services, including information, training, technical assistance, and consultation.
Career and Employment Guide for Job Seekers and Employees with Disabilities and Guide for Employers
This guide will provide the support and assistance employers may need to enable Americans with disabilities who desire to earn a living the opportunity to participate as contributing members of the community and the workforce.
Focus on ability
Interviewing applicants with disabilities. The job interview plays a critical role in the hiring process, allowing them the opportunity to identify the individual who possesses the best mix of knowledge, skills and abilities for the position available. The information may assist employers in ensuring maximum benefit from an interview when the person being interviewed happens to have a disability.
The Workforce Development Center
hey offer employers comprehensive services to meet all hiring needs, as well as provide support to existing business and industry leaders in hopes of improving profitability and maintaining a quality workforce.
ADA Homepage
It provides information for businesses including the Americans with Disabilities Act, business briefs, design standards, and regulations.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
NIOSH is committed to a workplace where all people are respected as individuals and are valued for their contributions to accomplishing its mission. Their mission is to enhance the organization's ability to attract, recruit, hire, mentor, develop, retain, and serve a diverse population by fostering an inclusive environment that embraces, values and respects all individuals.
Do’s and Don’ts for supervisors
Managers must confront their own perceptions of what it means to have a disability and the extent to which workers with disabilities can and should be an integral part of the work environment.
Focus group research
Making the case for hiring and retaining people with disabilities. The Employer Assistance and Recruiting Network (EARN) conducted focus group research in 13 major metropolitan areas. These focus groups, representing a range of industry sectors and sizes, sought answers from executive-level managers and human resources professionals to understand their concerns about disabilities in the workplace. Through the focus groups, these participants shared their most pressing workforce issues as well as their reactions to messages and facts about workers with disabilities.
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/media/atoz.htm Disability Fact Sheet A –Z, Job Accommodation Network (JAN), provides accommodation information by specific disability. It is an Employers' Practical Guide to Reasonable Accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. It provides employers with a detailed summary of some of the most frequent issues that employers have regarding accommodations and ADA compliance.
