“The purpose of the National Federation of the Blind is to serve as a vehicle for collective action by the blind,” President Riccobono said.
As we close out National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we reaffirm our core purpose and strengthen our advocacy to promote the vocational, cultural, and social advancement of the blind.
"Do you dare to be remarkable? The question makes it sound much harder than it is," President Riccobono said. "It is a choice: a choice to be blind-centered, a choice to challenge your own assumptions, and a choice to evolve in your own professional practices regardless of how many decades of experience you have behind you."
In honor of #NDEAM, we are highlighting President Riccobono's opening keynote address at our Dare to Be Remarkable Conference.
Watch at https://buff.ly/clCJdkf
Blind professionals: What was your first job and what did you learn from that job that you still use today?
Comment below and share your insight for blind jobseekers.
In recognition of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (#NDEAM), we’d like you to meet Ray Campbell. Ray is a senior digital accessibility analyst working for United Airlines and the president of the Illinois Council of the Blind, an ACB state affiliate. Thank you, Ray, for the work you do to improve accessibility in the airline industry!
ACB advocates to improve employment for people who are blind or have low vision. During National Disability Employment Awareness Month (#NDEAM), we’re highlighting the ACB Employment Committee and its podcast, “Let’s Get to Work.” The podcast features informative interviews and helpful perspectives and resources on employment and career development.
Access the podcast at https://lets-get-to-work.pinecast.co/.
💼 Today at 7:30 PM ET!
Join Building Inclusive Careers as we celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Learn strategies for meaningful work, inclusive hiring, and accessibility advocacy.
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#NDEAM #InclusiveCareers #Accessibility
This October we celebrate the 80th anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), an annual recognition of the positive impact of people with disabilities in the American workforce. This year’s theme from the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) is “Celebrating Value and Talent.”
Check out ODEP’s #NDEAM video and follow ACB on social media as we highlight our efforts to improve employment for people who are blind or have low vision.
💼 Celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month!
Join us Wed, Oct 1 at 7:30 PM ET for Building Inclusive Careers, strategies for meaningful work, inclusive hiring & accessibility advocacy.
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NASAのインターンとのライブ会話に参加し、障害者向けのNASAイニシアティブを探索します。 #NDEAM
https://x.com/NASA/status/1848788069169746053
The excellent @gwitch has your "Tips for inclusive and accessible hiring and recruiting" just in time for National Disability Employment Awareness Month: #NDEAM https://www.deque.com/blog/tips-for-inclusive-and-accessible-hiring-and-recruiting/
#NDEAM 2024 Don't forget to apply for the #WorkforceRecruitmentProgram for college and graduate students and recent graduates with disabilities! Registration closes at 11:59 p.m. PT on October 15, 2024! Apply at WRP.gov
https://www.wrp.gov/wrp
n recognition of #NDEAM, join the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for a virtual panel discussion on Tuesday, October 15 at 1pm ET, with U.S. DOT
employees and ACB's Claire Stanley. Register here: https://usdot.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_IUcD7yHZRxSuzrTawESVmg#/registration
#NDEAM 2024 “Access to Good Jobs for All,”
Are you a college student, graduate student, or recent graduate with a disability seeking an internship or job? Check out the #WorkforceRecruitmentProgram to get connected to career development opportunities!
https://www.wrp.gov/wrp?id=student_landing_page
It’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month! Disability employment is a core focus for us at Aira as we provide tools and support for our blind and low vision community. This month, we’re sharing stories from Aira’s team and Explorers.
This week, meet Everette Bacon, Aira’s Chief of Blindness Initiatives. Everette shares his journey of navigating employment and overcoming challenges as a blind individual. Learn about his career path, the lessons learned, and how his experiences continue to shape his work.
Aira is proud to be a trusted accommodation for hundreds of blind and low vision employees nationwide. This #NDEAM help us spread our mission to offer #AccessForAll #OnMyTerms. Share your Aira story or connect with our team to join as an Aira Access Partner today! https://aira.io/
Check out the full video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qnRJiiouDXI
#DisabilityInclusion #AccessibilityMatters #InclusiveEmployment #DisabilityEmployment
On National Manufacturing Day, ACB recognizes and thanks the talented and dedicated people who are blind – many of whom are ACB members – providing advanced manufacturing in support of the U.S. government and military through the #AbilityOne Program. From office and cleaning supplies to military uniforms and tactical gear, people who are blind working at National Industries for the Blind (NIB) associated agencies manufacture a wide range of #SKILCRAFT products each day.
UC is celebrating #NDEAM by publishing a photo that doesn't credit the photographer and says "Photographed at the Student Disability Resource Center" so you really have no idea if it was done with informed consent and model release.
That is to illustrate a request by UC that employees fill out a survey to identify if they're disabled.
Not to make our public university the highest common denominator level of accessible by default, not to implement the Demandifesto Action Steps, but "The information we collect helps us ensure that UC locations are accessible and welcoming to persons with disabilities. "
It's very easy to be accessible. Just do it. Highest common denominator and anything above that is done without attacking the disabled employee or student who needs it.
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) in the US. Too bad it isn't Ableism Awareness Month because the problem isn't that disabled people "don't want to work". The problem is that employers have been allowed all along to get away with not having accessible workplaces & actively discriminating.
People think the Americans with Disabilities Act solves this, but ADA leaves it up to individual disabled people to sue. Suing costs $, which the majority of disabled people do not have. The DoJ and DoL should have been enforcing accessibility and anti-ableism in society for at least 34 years now. #NDEAM #Ableism #UCAccessNow https://www.dol.gov/agencies/odep/initiatives/ndeam
Even as we celebrate #NDEAM this October, companies are rethinking #WFH policies and failing to recognize the impact on employees with disabilities. @gwitch Chief Information Accessibility Officer at Deque, says this must change. https://www.deque.com/blog/work-from-home-its-not-about-productivity-vs-privilege-its-about-accessibility-and-inclusion-and-productivity/
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month! Check out ODEP’s #NDEAM video and follow ACB on social media as we highlight our efforts to improve employment for people who are blind or have low vision.
Meaningless platitudes from outgoing UC Berkeley Chancellor Christ, who cares so much about "shared humanity" that she lied to those who wrote to her in 2020 urging her to read & act on the Demandifesto steps. https://archive.org/details/disability-equity-and-justice-demands
Even the unsolicited flaccid offer to book UC Access Now to speak during October's #NDEAM (in response to emails sent in JULY) was a lie. #UCAccessNow #HigherEd #NeoliberalHellhole #Ableism
