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Legal > Government Benefits
What to Do If Your Child's Disability Benefits Are Denied
...applications. At age 18, when childhood SSI recipients are reevaluated under adult disability standards, 55.7% are initially found ineligible. That doesn't mean the...within 60 days of the initial denial. A different Social Security employee reviews your case, including...
Financial > Financial Planning
Financial Planning for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Supported Decision-Making for Money
When your child with an intellectual or developmental disability turns 18, you'll face dozens of decisions about their adult life. One of...don't make the call. In practice, this looks like sitting down together to review a bank statement, talking through whether a purchase fits the budget, or...
Career > Finding Jobs
American Job Centers: Free Employment Services by State
...locations where you can walk in, meet with employment specialists trained in disability accommodation, access job boards with direct employer connections, and...Staff-assisted services include one-on-one job search assistance, resume review, interview preparation, and referrals to training programs or apprenticeships....
Career > Discrimination
Disability Discrimination in Performance Reviews: Recognizing Biased Evaluations
...years. Your reviews have always...for your disability in September,...performance review flagged...performance reviews look like,...Performance Review Discriminatory....performance review becomes...disclose a disability or request...accommodations. The review itself...negative review arrives...annual reviews rated...higher. This review drops you...without a disability makes the...but their review doesn't...disclose a disability, that's...
Career > Finding Jobs
Ticket to Work Program: Using SSA Benefits to Find Employment
...providers. Your healthcare coverage continues. Medical disability reviews pause while you're making progress toward...healthcare coverage continues. Medical disability reviews pause while you're making progress toward employment....age 18 through 64 who receives Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income...
Career > Discrimination
Disability Stereotyping and Bias: Challenging Assumptions About Your Abilities
...Implicit bias treats disability as incompetence by default,...peers never face. What Disability Stereotyping Looks Like...Work. Stereotyping about disability operates differently...exceptional based solely on disability status. Competence...work doesn't. A manager reviews your completed tasks...The assumption is that disability equals limitation, so...
Career > Discrimination
Association Discrimination: When Your Employer Discriminates Because of Your Disabled Child or Spouse
...suddenly your performance reviews start documenting "reliability...relationship with someone who has a disability. If your employer treats...(even if you don't have a disability yourself), that's a violation...association with a person with a disability. The law applies when your...about your family member's disability The discrimination doesn't...
Career > Advancement
Executive Coaching and Career Counseling for Professionals with Disabilities
...deep expertise in disability accommodation strategies....advancement with a disability, you're often caught...don't factor in disability context. Here's how...Executive Coaches. The disability employment support...have training in disability accommodation law,...and understand how disability factors into workplace...advancement, performance reviews, and professional...
Career > Advancement
360 Reviews and Peer Feedback When You Have a Disability
...you have a disability and you've...through a 360 review, you may have...ways your disability shapes, in...in how 360 reviews work for...disabilities. 360 reviews are designed...practice, when disability enters the...with your disability may offer...before the review opens, while...them. How 360 Reviews Work and...Work and Why Disability Sometimes...manager chooses reviewers, or asks...
Career > Advancement
Succession Planning and Disability: Positioning Yourself as Next in Line
...ready for a leadership role. Your performance reviews say so. Your track record backs it up. But when...conversation happens without you in the room, and disability is the reason no one will say out loud. Succession...criteria are informal, they can't be challenged. Disability becomes a quiet disqualifier that...
Career > Advancement
Documenting Achievements When Performance Metrics Don't Capture Your Contributions
...of that shows up in your quarterly metrics dashboard. When performance reviews focus on output volume, ticket closure rates, or sales numbers, employees...what you do, not just what the metrics track. Why Standard Metrics Miss Disability-Related Contributions. Most performance tracking systems measure individual...
Career > Advancement
Performance Improvement Plans for Employees with Disabilities: Rights and Risks
...on a Performance Improvement Plan. You have a disability, and the timing feels off. PIPs can be legitimate...If your performance deficiency is related to a disability, your employer must engage in the interactive...even if you've never formally disclosed your disability. If your manager knows or should have known about...