California State University, Northridge:
Job Seeking Skills
for People With Disabilities
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"This handbook is a compilation of information from different sources designed to provide you with basic
information on setting career goals and looking for work, including special considerations for job seekers
with disabilities..." 071231
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Gauth's Blog: Adopt a disability attitude "On a daily basis, persons with disabilities face social and
physical barriers, such as attitudinal prejudice related to their disability, inaccessibility of buildings and
other architectural infrastructure as well as inaccessibility of information and communication tools..."
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Office Survival: People With Disabilities "People with disabilities are not conditions or diseases. They
are individual human beings. For example, a person is not an epileptic but rather a person who has
epilepsy..."
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EOP, Inc: WHERE TO WORK "Readers of CAREERS & the disABLED magazine were asked to name
the employers, both in the private and public sectors, for whom they would most like to work or that they
believe would provide a progressive environment for people with disabilities..."
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Work World: Work World "Information, support, decision support software for personal computers
designed to help people with disabilities, advocates, benefit counselors, and others explore and
understand how to best use the work incentives associated..."
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eSight: Perception: The Real Barrier in Disability Employment "eSight members, most with working
experience, admit that overcoming fear, ignorance and prejudice to gain employment in the mainstream job
market is no small task. But it can be done..."
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Office Survival: The Disability Handbook "...provides advice and information about working with people
with disabilities. This handbook includes chapters on general information and deaf/deaf-blind disability
issues..."
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The Employment Guide: Disabled Workers Advance in High-Tech Careers "People with disabilities
are the nation's largest minority, and the only one that any person can join at a moment's notice. Those who
weren't born with a disability have about a 20 percent chance of becoming disabled at some point during
their work life. If you are disabled or become disabled, you need to know your rights, as well as who and
what is available to help you find employment or keep your employment..."
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San Mateo County Times: Sentinels expand to help disabled GIs nationwide "Mike Conklin knew
from the start that he had a good idea. The Danville resident and father of three soldiers wanted to do
something for returning troops who had their bodies and lives torn apart while serving their country. So
Conklin assembled some friends and business associates to form the Sentinels of Freedom, a nonprofit
group that offers disabled service members a place to live, training and employment to help ease the
process of re-entering life as a civilian..."
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Vault.com: Disabled Population Not at Full Employment " The National Disability Council has
reported a 50 percent jump in requests for workers with disabilities from companies from the previous year,
a reflection of increased hiring in prosperous economic times. Yet only 25 percent of America's disabled
working-age population is employed, compared with 79 percent of the general working population..."
071119
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About.com: How to Accommodate Disabled Employees "October is National Disability Employment
Awareness Month, which was created to recognize the contributions and skills of American employees with
disabilities. For many small to midsize businesses, having an employee suddenly become disabled
(because of an accident or an illness) can be somewhat daunting if it’s a new experience for the
employer..." 071028
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Bipolar Works: Disaster (Finding Another Job) "It’s the worst possible case scenario. You’ve had an
episode of illness and you’ve been given the push from work without even the promise of a reference.
What on earth can you do to retrieve the situation?..." 070814
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