This section of the award-winning government website, Disability.gov, provides information to students about various services and supports that can help prepare students with disabilities for college and work and can help foster self-advocacy and leadership skills. Topics include supports and accommodations, preparing for college, transitioning from school to work, development and leadership programs, self-advocacy, assistive technology, and education laws and regulations.
View the Website – US Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy – Education: Student Resources.
This section of the award-winning government website, Disability.gov, provides information to parents about various services and supports that protect and enhance educational opportunities for students with disabilities. Topics include descriptions of early intervention services; resources for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities; transition planning; tips and suggestions for parent involvement in students’ education; information regarding assistive technology; and links to explanations of educational laws and research that impact the lives of students with disabilities.
View the Website – US Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy – Education: Parent Resources.
This section of the award-winning government website, Disability.gov, provides information to educators about supports for teaching children and adults with disabilities. This information includes instructional strategies, student supports and accommodations, assistive technology resources, transition planning strategies, professional developmental opportunities, parent collaboration ideas, and resources about disability history and education laws and research.
View the Website – US Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy – Education: Educator Resources.
The National Consortium on Leadership and Disability for Youth (NCLD/Y) is a youth-led information, training, and resource center. The NCLD/Y works to develop leaders, develop the capacity of independent living centers to serve leaders, develop the capacity of staff working with leaders, and serve youth involved with disabilities-related organizations. This group is funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities.
View the Website – National Consortium on Leadership and Disability for Youth.
Jobs4Autism is a website that shares job ideas and resources with people with autism, their family members, job coaches, and caregivers so that people with autism can find long-term employment opportunities.
View the Website – Jobs4Autism.
This website provides guidance and information to employers and employees with disabilities from experts on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues, including all legislation surrounding the Americans with Disabilities Act. Additionally, this website offers employees and employers personal consultation via a telephone number or online support. JAN is provided by the US Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) through collaboration with West Virginia University and private industry.
View the Website – Job Accommodation Network (JAN).
Disability.gov is a federal government website that provides information about disability-related programs, services, laws, and benefits. This website works to connect Americans with disabilities, their families, employers, educators, and other professionals to thousands of resources available across the country. Key topic areas include benefits, civil rights, community life, education, employment, health, housing, technology, transportation, and emergency preparedness.
View the Website – U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP): Disability.gov.
This webpage provides information about the AAPD’s Summer Internships Program for Students with Disabilities. This program provides opportunities for students with disabilities to have 10-week summer internships in Washington DC. Past positions include work on Capitol Hill and at federal agencies where students can gain more experience with government operations, public policy development and the legislative and administrative processes. This program is run by the AAPD, the country’s largest cross-disability membership organization.
View the Website – American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD): Summer Internships Program.
This webpage describes the Greater Washington Internship Coalition, which is a group of Washington DC-based internship programs that help young people with disabilities receive work experience. This page and the coalition works to be a one-stop place for college students with disabilities and emerging professionals with disabilities to find internship opportunities. This program is run by the AAPD, the country’s largest cross-disability membership organization.
View the Website – American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD): Greater Washington Internship Coalition.
This webpage describes the AAPD’s Disability Mentoring Day Program. This program consists of a nation job-shadow program that links students and job seekers with disabilities to employers interested in hiring people with disabilities. This day occurs on the third Wednesday of every October. This program is sponsored by the AAPD, the country’s largest cross-disability membership organization.
View the Website – American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD): Disability Mentoring Day.
