A new research study from professors at Washington University in St. Louis published last week in Pediatrics shows one in three young adults with autism are not prepared for life after high school; putting a spotlight on the lack of post-secondary job training and employment opportunities for these particular individuals with disabilities. The abstract for [...]
Buying American is starting to gain the same momentum that it had in the 1980s thanks to media focus on the issue from outlets like ABC and its “Made in America” series, plus “America Revealed” on PBS. A couple of recent stories by local media outlets are showing how people with disabilities in contract service [...]
Small businesses are the backbone of the U.S. economy. Some variation of that sentence will be uttered approximately 14,926 times between now and Election Day in November. Keeping the entrepreneurial engine operating efficiently means keeping costs under control and maximizing the return on investment from every employee hired. Awareness that both of these goals can [...]
New Jersey’s Daily Journal published an op-ed by Department of Human Services Commissioner Jennifer Velez following Governor Chris Christie’s announcement of the state’s new “Employment First” policy for people with disabilities, where “benefits become the safety net that will supplement employment, not the other way around.” No one welcomes this shift in attitude more than [...]
Tuesday’s news that American manufacturing activity grew in April substantiates recent optimism that the U.S. economy is on the rebound, and fosters hope for an increase in jobs when the Department of Labor issues its monthly report this Friday. CNNMoney correspondent Annalyn Censky wrote that instead of the anticipated decrease in the Institute of Supply [...]
Yesterday’s reference to a Supply Chain Digital item from editor A. Selway Ryan was a true example of how a story on the Internet can lead you down a rabbit hole, looking for more information and discovering a Wonderland. It’s no surprise that a site dedicated to covering industry supply chains would be rich with [...]
It may be premature to dub Alabama the new China, but this Sunday news item from Supply Chain Digital editor A. Selway Ryan gives credence to the notion that U.S. companies are not the only ones eyeing the American labor force. In previous posts, we’ve noted that bringing outsourced manufacturing jobs back to America is [...]
The Arc of Illinois honored Governor Pat Quinn for his efforts to change the state’s approach to people with disabilities by giving him their 2012 President’s Award during last week’s 62nd annual convention. A press release put out by the state said the award was given in recognition of Governor Quinn’s “leadership to improve life [...]
As April draws to a close, the U.S. economy continues to grow, albeit modestly, and more Americans returned to the workforce, albeit slowly. For people with disabilities, the early spring has been a time for planting seeds in hopes for future harvests. Job fairs organized by state agencies are giving them face time with potential [...]
House Representative Tim Bishop (D-NY) isn’t waiting around for his fellow legislators to deliberate on the U.S. Call Center and Consumer Protection Act (HR 3596) he introduced earlier this year. The Long Island congressman has gone on the offensive to stop call-center jobs from being moved overseas, and has already scored a victory for the [...]