Emmanuel College supports the needs of every individual student with learning disabilities (both visible & invisible): hearing, medical, psychological, mobile, learning and visual disabilities to have a successful experience within their professional career development.
Emmanuel College subscribes to the policies set forth in the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) and in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which mandate equal opportunity in education programs and activities for students with disabilities/impairments.
Jobs
- AbilityJOBS: A place for people with disabilities to seek employment and be evaluated solely on skills and experience.
- disABLEDperson: Charitable organization whose mission is to reduce the high unemployment rate of individuals and veterans with disabilities.
- Disability.jobs: The companies featured on Disability.jobs have a focus on the recruiting and hiring individuals with disabilities and creating an inclusive workforce.
- EOP’s Diversity and Inclusion Career Center: A premier diversity online job board. This resource connects employers dedicated to hiring a diversified workforce with qualified job seekers in all career backgrounds.
- FederalJobsNet: A resource for individuals with disabilities seeking employment with the federal government.
- Jobs Ability get instantly matched with jobs that fit your life and skills.
- JobAccess: A place where people with disabilities can seek employment, confident that they will be evaluated solely on their skills and experience.
- USA Jobs – Individuals with Disabilities Dedicated Website: Connects job seekers with federal employment opportunities.
- Workforce Recruitment Program: connects federal and select private-sector employers nationwide with college students, graduate students and recent graduates with disabilities who are eager to demonstrate their abilities in the workplace through internships or permanent jobs
- WorkWithoutLimits: Programs and services are geared to meet the needs of businesses that actively recruit people with disabilities, individuals with disabilities who are seeking jobs, and the employment providers that serve them. With a goal to increase employment numbers for people with disabilities until it is equal to those without.
Internships
- AAPD Internship: Each summer, AAPD places college students, graduate students, law students, and recent graduates with all types of disabilities in paid 10-week summer internships in Congressional offices, federal agencies, non-profit, and for-profit organizations in the Washington, DC area. Each intern is matched with a mentor who will assist them with their career goals. AAPD provides interns with a stipend, transportation to and from Washington, and fully-accessible housing.
- Building Diversity in Biomedical Sciences: Program offers a ten-week, mentored research experience for students interested in pursuing future PhD or MD/PhD studies.
- Entry Point: Identifies and recruits students with apparent and non-apparent disabilities studying in science, engineering, mathematics, computer science, and some fields of business for internship and co-op opportunities.
- We Connect Now: One of the goals of this site is to help college students with disabilities to succeed in their studies by getting the information and support they need, both through resources, links, blogs latest news, studying existing laws and regulation and through personal contacts.
- AAPD-American Association of People with Disabilities
- American Foundation for the Blind
- Association on HIgher Education and Disability
- Job Accommodation Network
- U.S. Business Leadership Network
- The National Business and Disability Council at the Viscardi Center
- National Organization on Disability
- Mobility International
- AC online: College Resources for Students with Disabilities: Specific information and resources on a variety of different disabilities, including helping students learn how to make the transition into the workforce easier and receive more information on your legal rights.
- Abilitylinks.org: Connect pool of applicants with disabilities to a network of employers that value disability inclusion.
- CareersWithVision: Focuses on enhancing the opportunities for economic and personal independence of people who are blind, primarily through creating, sustaining, and improving employment.
- Disability.gov: United States Department of Labor’s Disability Resources
- Entry Point: Identifies and recruits science, engineering, mathematics, computer science and business students with disabilities for internship and co-op opportunities.
- Equal Opportunity Publications – Careers & the disABLED: Publishes career-guidance and recruitment magazines for women, members of minority groups and people with disabilities
- Federal Disabilities Hiring: Learn how to be considered for Federal jobs under the noncompetitive process. People with disabilities may also apply for jobs through the traditional or competitive process.
- Lime Connect: Prepares and connects accomplished individuals with disabilities for careers with leading corporations.
- RespectAbility: Nonprofit that works with entertainment, policy makers, educators, self-advocates, nonprofits, employers, faith-based organizations, philanthropists, journalists and online media to fight stigmas and advance opportunities for people with disabilities.
- We Connect Now: Dedicated to uniting people interested in rights and issues affecting people with disabilities, with particular emphasis on college students and access to higher education and employment issues.
- Workforce Recruitment Program: The Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) is a recruitment and referral program that connects federal sector employers nationwide with highly motivated college students and recent graduates with disabilities who are eager to prove their abilities in the workplace through summer or permanent jobs.
- Viscardi Center: The Viscardi Center continues to prepare youths and adults with a variety of disabilities for entry or re-entry into the workforce and assists them in securing pre-employment services as well as employment so that they can enjoy independent living, full community participation and economic self-sufficiency.
Federal law requires an employer to provide reasonable accommodations to an employee or job applicant with a disability, unless doing so would cause significant difficulty or expense for the employer. There are several laws and regulations for employers to follow:
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects qualified individuals with disabilities from employment discrimination. The ADA applies to private employers with 15 or more employees and all state and local government agencies regardless of the number of employees.
Section 503, refers to changes to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Section 503 applies to all companies with federal contracts, and requests that employees with disabilities make up 7% of the company’s workforce. The government encourages a broad definition of disability: “a physical or mental impairment or medical condition that substantially limits a major life activity or if you have a history or record of such an impairment or medical condition.” This includes but is not limited to blindness, deafness, cancer, diabetes, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Information on the ADA law to inform individuals with disabilities their employment rights.
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Titles I and V:
- ADA Guide for People with Disabilities Seeking Employment
- Money Geek Job Search Tools: Introduce disabled workers and job-seekers to the rights afforded to them by federal and state governments & useful tips for finding a job, advice on staying gainfully employed, and guidance that can help you talk with an existing employer about making a reasonable accommodation for you.
Sharing information about your disability with an employer to receive accommodations is your choice. Disclosure is not required, but you need to disclose to receive accommodations. You only need to inform those involved in providing accommodations, which might include: human resources, your supervisor, or an Employee Assistance Program counselor. Your Career Advisor can support the process of determining when and how to disclose to an employer and how to request a reasonable accommodation.
Disclosing a Disability: United States Department of Labor’s information on disclosing a disability.
For more information: The 411 on Disability Disclosure.
