What WILL you do?

Work is an important part of people’s lives. It means more than just getting paid. It means being able to make your own choices about how you want to live your life.

At work, it’s what people can do that matters. If you are a young person with a disability, only you can decide your limits. You can work in a wide variety of jobs and play an important role in America’s economy. In fact, experience with a disability can help in a job or in starting a business. Today more than ever, businesses need people who can think differently about how to solve problems and get the job done. People with disabilities do this in America’s workplaces every day – and so can you. So set your sights high! Along the way, remember that resources are available to help you seek employment, succeed on the job, and understand your right to be judged on your ability, not disability.

Tell us what you WILL do!

If you are a young person with a disability, we’d like to hear from you!

Please take a moment to share your career aspirations. By doing so, you will help increase employer awareness about the many ways today’s youth plan to be tomorrow’s leaders and will encourage others to dream big!

I WILL...

Anne
San Jose, CA

I am a legally blind library science and paralegal student advocating increase equal information accessibility for all. I aspire to become a team player in enforcing the educational rights and fair employment treatment for people with disabilities through civil rights agencies and organizations.

Linda
Dade City`, FL

work in the medical, secretarial, clerical, administrative fields. Have good public relation skills. I would like to work in the pharmacutical field as well. I may have to work part-time, maybe fulltime during Winter months.

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DID YOU KNOW?

Young people are some of the most powerful advocates for greater equality for people with disabilities. Through a recent Special Olympics youth-initiated campaign, tens of thousands of people of all ages pledged to stop using negative language about intellectual disabilities.