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Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome
Employment and Asperger Syndrome: Workplace Rights, Accommodations, and Strategies for Success
...The environment is. Adults with Asperger syndrome face a workplace...sensory tolerances. The Americans with Disabilities Act gives you...tolerances. The Americans with Disabilities Act gives you legal rights...ADA. The ADA protects adults with autism spectrum disorder, including...workplace accommodations for adults with Asperger syndrome include:...
Lifestyle > Recreation
Inclusive Playground Design: What Makes a Park Truly Accessible
...everyone's talking about, the one with the accessible parking and the nice...Compliance Requires. The Americans with Disabilities Act sets minimum standards...Compliance Requires. The Americans with Disabilities Act sets minimum standards for playground...It's the same dynamic you see in employment law: a company can meet every legal...
Legal > Government Benefits
Medicaid Waiver Waiting Lists: How to Join and What to Expect
...programs, and supported employment. These are the services...that allow people with disabilities to live...allow people with disabilities to live at home instead...own waiver programs with different names and...populations (intellectual disabilities, brain injury, elderly...elderly care). Start with your state's Medicaid...If you're working with a care coordinator,...
Financial > Financial Planning
Power of Attorney vs. Guardianship: Less Restrictive Alternatives for Age 18
...manage complex financial or medical decisions independently, you're left with a choice you may not have seen coming: how do you continue providing support...they live Marry without permission Make decisions about their education or employment The guardian holds those rights. Your child becomes a ward of the court....
Career > Skills Training
Getting to Work Independently: Transit and Paratransit Training for Employees with Disabilities
...isn't an option. For adults with disabilities entering or returning...an option. For adults with disabilities entering or returning to the...fund travel training as a pre-employment service in most states. If...states. If you're working with a VR counselor, ask for it...who works through the route with you step by step. What the...
Career > Skills Training
Work-Based Learning and Internships Through VR Programs
...rehabilitation helps with tuition or assistive...skills, and build an employment record. VR coordinates...VR coordinates with employers, funds...entering the workforce with limited experience,...umbrella term for any employment experience designed...Individual Plan for Employment (IPE), this can...training (OJT). Paid employment at a business where...classroom instruction with paid work experience....
Career > Skills Training
Pre-ETS for Students with IEPs: Workplace Skills Before Graduation
...students ages 14-21 with IEPs can access a...services, called Pre-Employment Transition Services...independent living, and employment. Pre-ETS delivers...activities to students with disabilities ages...to students with disabilities ages 14-21, all of...informational interviews with professionals in fields...that match their IEP employment goals. Work-based...
Career > Skills Training
Customer Service Skills for Employment: Training and Accommodations
...open the door to entry-level employment across retail, hospitality,...environments that require interacting with customers through phone calls,...communication. For people with autism, social anxiety, sensory...differences, or communication disabilities, those requirements can feel...things: how to communicate with customers, how to solve their...
Career > Interviewing
Skills Assessments and Work Sample Tests: Requesting Testing Accommodations
...Requesting accommodations for pre-employment tests feels like admitting defeat...navigate a format that wasn't designed with you in mind. Here's how to request...sign up for. What Counts as a Pre-Employment Test. Pre-employment tests cover...Counts as a Pre-employment Test. Pre-employment tests cover more than you might think....
Career > Interviewing
Mock Interviews and Interview Coaching for Neurodivergent Job Seekers
...operates a VR program that provides free or low-cost employment support, including interview coaching, for people...support, including interview coaching, for people with disabilities. Services vary by state, but most...including interview coaching, for people with disabilities. Services vary by state, but most VR counselors...
Career > Finding Jobs
Work Incentives Planning and Assistance: Benefits Counseling Before Returning to Work
...affect your specific benefits package. They do the math, explain the thresholds, and map out what happens at different income levels so you can decide with real information instead of guessing. What WIPA Counselors Analyze. A WIPA counselor doesn't give you generic advice about work incentives. They pull...
Career > Finding Jobs
Transferable Skills Assessment: Identifying What You Bring to New Careers
...of identifying abilities you've developed in one context that apply to employment in another. It's not about inflating your experience or finding creative...activities required, and documenting them in terms employers use. Start with a Skills Inventory. List every role, activity, or responsibility you've...