If you give any leader the opportunity to increase their talent pool of potential employees by 15 percent—with all these new hires belonging to an underrepresented minority—they’d jump at the chance, ...

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and in Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont’s Administration marked the occasion with a proclamation and press release celebrating individuals with ...

Sarah Herkamp, 47, felt relief when she finally received a diagnosis. Her whole life, she said, she always felt like something was off. “Before that I had just thought that everybody else is better at ...

Hiring people with disabilities is good for business and the economy. Learn the upsides of hiring people with disabilities and fostering inclusivity.

After a fall caused an angioma in his spine to rupture, Jake Hoff of Monroeville became paralyzed from the waist down. He eventually regained use of one leg and began volunteering at the local ...

Paul Toomey is the President of Geographic Solutions. He's an expert in labor market data, workforce development and unemployment insurance. Nealy one in four adults in the United States reported ...

When Keighley Miles was at school, it was always assumed that she wouldn’t be able to find work. ‘Nothing was ever mentioned about career options or further education,’ the 39-year-old, who was born ...

During National Disability Employment Awareness Month this October, it’s important to recognize that the work of creating inclusive employment opportunities isn’t done in isolation. Washington ...

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This is how the work day gets started at Every Citizen Has Opportunities (ECHO), a nonprofit that links adults who have disabilities with jobs: More than half of the 200 participants head out for work ...

When Craig Warren graduated college, he wanted to be a music therapist to help people with the healing power of music. He got a job in a large mental health institution, where he led music, recreation ...