October is Disability Employment Awareness Month. Disability employment is a cause near to my heart because I have been disabled for nearly thirty years, since shortly after the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) passed into law. I was blessed that I didn’t have to face all the challenges that people with disabilities had to deal … Read more
October is National Disability Employment Month. That’s a cause close to my heart for two reasons: When I owned an interior landscape company, I employed individuals with disabilities and found them to be conscientious, hard workers. In a previous post, I wrote about a worker who was profoundly deaf. When I had a stroke at … Read more
October is Disability Employment Awareness Month. Disability employment is a cause close to my heart. After my stroke, I spent time in a wheelchair, followed by five years using a motorized scooter. I remember the challenges I faced, and I operated my own business. I didn’t have to depend on anyone else for a job, … Read more
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Many years ago, I was offered tax incentives to hire a woman who was profoundly deaf. That experience, which you can read about in an earlier blog post, demonstrated that with a little accommodation, disabled persons can be excellent employees. Not long after that, I had a stroke … Read more
I was very blessed that I owned a business at the time I had a stroke more than twenty years ago. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was new legislation at the time, and there weren’t many disabled people in the workforce. The prospect of returning to my company was a strong motivator in my … Read more