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October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Free Training: Social Security Administration's 'Ticket to Work' program, Nov. 9, 2009, in Columbus
“I Can” Public Service Announcement Now Available on YouTube
This flagship PSA was produced specifically for the Campaign for Disability Employment’s What Can YOU Do? campaign. It features seven real people – not actors – with hidden and obvious disabilities, demonstrating what they “can do” on the job when given the opportunity. Intended for television broadcast, we would like to see this PSA and its inspiring message distributed as widely as possible. We invite you to share it with others so we can all remember that at work, it’s what people can do that matters.
History
Public Law 176, enacted by Congress in 1945, designated the first week in October as “National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week.” President Harry S. Truman designated the (now former) President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities to carry out the law. Congress changed the name to “National Disability Employment Awareness Month” in 1988. The responsibility for leading the nationwide recognition was transferred to the U.S. Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) in 2001.
Related Information
ODEP and the U.S. Employment and Training Administration have issued a Training and Employment Notice and disseminated a White Paper and Toolkit which focus on Expanding Apprenticeship Opportunities for Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities. Visit ODEP's new Apprenticeship page, where you will find links to the Training and Employment Notice, the White Paper, the Toolkit and a press release announcing the cooperative agreement awards.
- Free posters are available at: http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/ndeam2009poster.htm
A free Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view and print the .PDF forms on this page. 