Connect-Ability - Helping youth with disabilities
Connect-Ability of
A pilot program is being developed for
- expand existing mentoring and internship opportunities
- implement or enhance job readiness activities for students
- familiarize students with the specific assistive technologies available for their use on a job include empowerment activities such as disability rights and community resources
Through the Disabilities Task Force’s Business Advisory Council (BAC) Connect-Ability will promote “disability as diversity,” to make the business case for including individuals with disabilities into diversity training programs. The Task Force will develop activities and events to help employers become familiar with workplace accommodations, and to develop job shadowing and internship opportunities for individuals with disabilities, giving employers an opportunity to see the person’s abilities, and not focus on their disabilities.
Transportation continues to be a significant barrier to continuing education and in obtaining gainful employment. Connect-Ability’s initiative will identify approaches to improve transportation options for students with disabilities transitioning into college or jobs.
Connect-Ability is a project of The WorkPlace, Inc.
For more information contact:
The WorkPlace, Inc.
Phone: (203) 610-8520
