On the day when updates to the 1991 American with Disabilities Act’s regulations governing public accessibility were supposed to go into effect, the Justice Department granted hotels a 60-day extension regarding adjustments to swimming pools and whirlpools. USA TODAY travel writer Barbara De Lollis wrote the extension was something that the “hotel industry lobbied hard [...]
The Ides of March may have been ominous to Julius Caesar, but for people with disabilities, today marks another important step in achieving inclusion into mainstream society. Several changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) take effect today that are intended to improve opportunities for people with disabilities to goods and services in the [...]
Most news coverage of the U.S. Department of Labor’s February employment report focused on what the good news of adding around 227,000 jobs will mean for President Obama’s re-election campaign. A deeper look at the numbers, however, indicated bad news for people with disabilities and those who advocate for improving their employment prospects. As Shaun [...]
The leading official from the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) has elaborated on the U.S. Labor Department’s proposed rule that would require companies seeking federal contracts to have 7% of their workforce comprised of people with disabilities, answering concerns voiced by critics of the measure during the public comment period. In a wide-ranging, two-part [...]
The U.S. Department of Labor closed the comment period on its proposed new rule to spur the hiring people with disabilities on February 21. Officials apparently have plenty of feedback to sift through as they mull over their final decision, and not much of it is positive. According to an article by Melanie Trottman in [...]
Microsoft’s Daniel Hubbell and Gary Moulton have been road-tripping to the 27th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference being held this week at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), but don’t panic if all the hype leading up to Sunday’s Academy Awards and NBA All-Star Game has kept you from checking in on their [...]
Over the past couple of months, we’ve marked the progress people with disabilities have made in a number of countries with regards to career training and job opportunities; from a new employment rights’ treaty in Israel to hiring increases in China, news across the globe indicates progress is being made toward inclusion of these people [...]
This past Tuesday was the original deadline for public comment on the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed new rule that would require businesses seeking federal contracts to be more active in recruiting and hiring people with disabilities. Instead, the department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced on Tuesday it has moved the deadline [...]
When Mark Perriello took the reins of leadership at the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), he promised to ensure the voices of his 50 million constituents were heard in the halls of state governments across the U.S. We talked about Periello’s background in building grassroots support last December. In a couple of weeks, [...]
The Campaign for Disability Employment (CDE) announced the launch of its second nationwide video contest on Tuesday. The competition invites submissions built around the organization’s “What can YOU do?” campaign to educate the public about the value people with disabilities bring to the workforce. Both individual and groups of filmmakers can submit videos of 1-3 [...]