Businesses
Resources
Accommodations
- Guidelines for Supervising Employees with Learning Disabilities is an employer manual that provides information on general techniques for working with employees with a learning disability, specific problem behaviors and strategies for handling them.
- Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is a free consulting service that provides information about job accommodations, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the employability of people with disabilities.
- Online Guides for Accessible Recreations Facilities contains accessibility guidelines for recreations facilities such as amusement rides, golf courses, sporting facilities, swimming pools and miniature golf courses.
- Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) provides guidelines, resources and support materials to help understand and implement Web accessibility.
Hiring Toolkits & Education
- Disability Employment 101 acquaints business leaders with programs and resources available to assist them in hiring people with disabilities.
- Disability Etiquette Booklet [PDF] provides information on different types of disabilities, as well as the right way to interact and communicate with people with disabilities.
- DisabilityInfo.gov aims to reduce barriers for the employment of individuals with disabilities by providing annotated links to resources, services and information available throughout the federal government and from federally-funded programs.
- Division of Vocational Rehabilitation is an employment resource for businesses and people with disabilities, with the goal of enabling them to obtain and maintain employment.
- Ten Steps to Put Ability to Work [PDF] contains strategies for diversifying your workforce by including people with disabilities.
Laws
- ADA Technical Assistance Program provides information on the ADA structure, identifies enforcing agencies and introduces language and information associated with the definition of disability.
- IRS Tax Credits includes information on tax credits regarding hiring citizens with disabilities.
- US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission provides information on statistics, training, laws, regulations and guidelines for employing citizens with disabilities.
Workforce Information
- Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) is an international, multicultural organization of professionals committed to full participation in higher education for persons with disabilities.
- Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence provides a systems perspective for understanding performance management and shares best practices among organizations.
- National Business and Disability Council is a resource for employers seeking to integrate people with disabilities into the workplace and companies seeking to reach them in the consumer marketplace.
- National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth) gives information and resources geared toward increasing employer's understanding of policy and practice issues regarding youth with disabilities in the workplace.
- Promising and Effective Practices Network (PEPNet) is a system and an information source, based on practice and research, for identifying and promoting what works in youth employment and development.
**For a complete list of employer resources, visit the Florida Business Leadership Network (BLN) website at www.floridabln.org and click on the "Useful Tools" link.
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