The Campaign For Disability Employment http://www.whatcanyoudocampaign.org/blog A collaborative effort to promote positive employment outcomes for people with disabilities by encouraging employers and others to recognize the value and talent they bring to the workplace. I Can. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:35:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Outreach Toolkit http://www.whatcanyoudocampaign.org/blog/index.php/what-can-you-do-outreach-toolkit/ http://www.whatcanyoudocampaign.org/blog/index.php/what-can-you-do-outreach-toolkit/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:52:22 +0000 admin http://cde.devteamkb.com/blog/?p=483
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Issue a Campaign for Disability Employment press release – Organizations can issue a press release to local media to announce their support of the What Can YOU Do? effort. To assist, a “fill-in-the-blank” template is available that organizations can quickly customize and pitch to their local media.
 
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Create a disability employment display – Now is a great time to freshen up bulletin boards in locations that employees or constituents frequent by posting positive messages about the importance of a flexible and inclusive workplace. Start by printing and displaying one of our What Can YOU Do? posters.
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Feature the Campaign for Disability Employment in your newsletter or Intranet – The Campaign for Disability Employment offers timely and fresh content for member outreach, employee newsletters, publications and internal Web sites. Feel free to reproduce one or more of our "drop-in" articles or run our ad copy page in your publication.
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Hold an event celebrating the What Can YOU Do? campaign – A social event with plenty of food, fun and educational programming can help reinforce the importance of an inclusive workplace. Enlist a speaker to deliver disability employment talking points and play the “I Can” public service announcement at the event. You could also invite local employers and employees with disabilities to share their experiences and insights.
 
Employers and organizations that conduct these or any other activities in support of the
Campaign for Disability Employment are encouraged to let us know.
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What Can YOU Do? Outreach Toolkit

 

Promote the Campaign for Disability Employment in Your Organization or Local Community!
You can help us bring the Campaign for Disability Employment to life in your own state, municipality or company. The following ideas and materials can help:
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Leverage Our What Can YOU Do? Outreach Toolkit
Promoting the What Can YOU Do? Campaign is easy thanks to our downloadable materials.

Click here to access:
  • Tips for promoting the disability employment message in your own community

   • What Can YOU Do? posters for your workplace, school or organization
  • Customizable news releases about your organization’s commitment to the Campaign for Disability Employment   • What Can YOU Do? print ads and articles for your publications

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Express Your Support
If you’re an employer, an adult with a disability or a young person with a disability, please contribute to the various online forums on this Web site. If you fall into a different category, you can support the Campaign by:

  • Encouraging employers and others to recognize the value and talent that people with disabilities bring to the workplace;

   • Helping young people with disabilities dream big and aspire to have a rewarding career; and
  • Reinforcing that people with disabilities can and want to work;   • Remembering that at work, it’s what people CAN do that matters.
 
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What can we ALL do?


How to join our cause & spread the word.

We all have a role to play in, and benefits to gain from, improving employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Here’s how to help the Campaign for Disability Employment spread the word about the What Can YOU Do? effort.
 
 
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If you know young people with disabilities, please encourage them to think about and share their career aspirations in our online youth forum. By sharing their aspirations, they 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.

Send an e-mail encouraging someone to participate

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What can FAMILY & EDUCATORS do?


Family and educators play a critical role in the expectations young people with disabilities develop for themselves. It is essential that they strengthen these expectations by instilling an early love of learning and cultivating a clear vision of work and community participation.


Consistency is key to infusing such expectations. The assumption of work should be echoed by all people of influence in a young person’s life. Parents, teachers, coaches, clergy, neighbors and others all play a powerful role in helping young people, especially those with disabilities, dream big and achieve their aspirations. As part of this, young people with disabilities should be encouraged to take risks and be given the freedom to fail and learn from their mistakes. ]]> http://www.whatcanyoudocampaign.org/blog/index.php/heres-something-family-and-educators-can-do-right-now/feed/ 0 Tell us what YOU can do! http://www.whatcanyoudocampaign.org/blog/index.php/what-can-you-do/ http://www.whatcanyoudocampaign.org/blog/index.php/what-can-you-do/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:01:05 +0000 admin http://projects.multidots.in/cde/cde/blog/?p=45 Tell us what YOU can do!
If you are a person with a disability, we’d like to hear from you.

Please take a moment to share information about your job skills and talents. Your story will increase employers’ awareness of the talents and skills that people with disabilities contribute to the workplace and help challenge misconceptions about disability and employment. ]]> Photo of woman in military uniform
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES:

What can YOU do?


Work is fundamental to our lives. It means so much more than a paycheck—it offers purpose and the opportunity to lead an independent, self-directed life for all people, including people with disabilities.

People with disabilities have the skills to pursue meaningful careers and play an important role in America’s educational and economic success. In fact, experience with disability can offer a competitive edge when it comes to work. If you are a person with a disability, only you can define your own limitations. High expectations are essential to success. Organizations exist that can help you seek employment, identify the tools you need to be productive on the job, and understand your right to be evaluated on your ability, not disability. Because after all, at work it’s what people can do that matters.
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Express Your Commitment and Share Your Promising Practices!
Employers have a powerful role to play in improving employment outcomes for people with disabilities. If you are an employer, we hope you will support the Campaign for Disability Employment by committing to reflect the spirit of our initiative in your recruitment, retention and advancement efforts.

To express your commitment, please input your organization’s name below. If you would like, please also share information about how your business includes people with disabilities in its employment practices.

Please note that your participation in this public forum will in no way connote any form of endorsement of your organization by the Campaign for Disability Employment or any of its members.
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What can EMPLOYERS do?


In business, the investment that drives innovation is talent. The knowledge, skills and abilities employees bring to work each day are by far the assets that yield the most output over the long term. Whether good economic times or bad, it’s the organizations that know how to identify and recognize talent that are most likely to succeed.


To access the widest pool of talent, employers must foster an inclusive and flexible work culture that considers the needs of all employees and potential employees, including those with disabilities. Such universal thinking not only helps recruit skilled employees, but also enhances corporate continuity efforts by helping employers retain the talents of an aging workforce. When it comes to doing business, being inclusive of people with disabilities—in recruitment, retention and advancement—can offer companies a competitive edge. People with disabilities are experienced problem solvers with a proven ability to adapt. What’s more, they mirror an important and increasingly expanding customer base.
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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!
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YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES:

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.
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