The 2012 Summer Olympic countdown still stands at a little over a month away before they light the torch in London, England. Fortunately, the Special Olympics season is set to get underway in many parts of the U.S. for those of us craving the athletic competition and camaraderie these games bring. Let’s spend Friday looking [...]
According the The Old Farmer’s Almanac, the seasonal clock officially changed from spring to summer yesterday at 7:09 pm EDT. The summer heat wasted no time in making its presence known, and will teeter on the brink of triple digits here in the Northeast for at least another day or so. Sounds like a great time [...]
Now that the Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election brouhaha is over, advocates for people with disabilities are hoping Governor Scott Walker will issue an executive order making Wisconsin an “employment first state,” which would provide training, support, and/or tax breaks to organizations that assist these individuals through opportunities for employment. In her June 15 article for [...]
Right now, across the nation, there are probably thousands of employees, maybe even more, uttering “Thank God It’s Friday,” or “TGIF,” or just thinking and talking about their weekend plans instead of keeping their minds on the tasks of their occupation. Job dissatisfaction is a common ailment; temporary for some workers, chronic for others. It [...]
Maybe it was the crazy storm patterns that dotted New England, but last week’s news about employment opportunities for people with disabilities — whether it was in the private sector, the government, or for organizations that serve these individuals — was rolling in like dark, heavy thunderclouds. But it’s a new dawn and a new [...]
People with disabilities are in a continual struggle against being incorrectly or unfairly labeled. Advocates have made progress toward eliminating hurtful and derogatory terms thanks to the “End the R-Word” campaign and other awareness-building measures. The Kansas University Research and Training Center on Independent Living’s “Guidelines for Reporting and Writing about People with Disabilities” (PDF) [...]
Congratulations to Shawn Beam, 36, the Burleson, Texas, man who bowled a perfect game during league play on May 18. Twelve strikes in a row is a feat seldom accomplished by even the best bowlers in the world, and many kingpin enthusiasts go their entire lives without coming close. But what makes Beam’s accomplishment even [...]
The Campaign for Disability Employment (CDE) added a social media wrinkle to its second “What Can YOU Do?” video contest by asking for the public’s help in choosing the two runners-up by voting online. The first-place winners in the three categories of Youth, Employer, and General Public each received an Apple iPad. The prize for [...]
Ever since the Campaign for Disability Employment (CDE) announced its second annual video contest back in February, we’ve been waiting eagerly to see what kinds of creative ways people will communicate the “What Can YOU Do?” theme as it relates to work opportunities for people with disabilities. So when the press release hit the wire [...]
It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country. So wrote U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis in a 1932 dissenting opinion, helping coin [...]