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What You Can Do

If you are looking for inspiration about reaching your full potential and the value of identifying and pursuing your goals, look no further than the new What You Can Do: The Campaign for Disability Employment by a collaborative effort among several disability and business organizations that seek to promote positive employment outcomes for people with disabilities by encouraging employers and others to …

Meet Anna

Anna is a blogger who is passionate about empowering people with disabilities to pursue their personal and professional goals. She is also an Employment Counselor at Employment Resources, Inc. (ERI), in Madison, Wisconsin. She graduated from the Rehabilitation Psychology Master’s Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Read Anna’s blog and join her conversations about employment, advocacy, and disability.

Benefits and Employment Counseling Services

Work Incentive Benefit Specialists assist people with disabilities by helping them navigate the choices and options around work and their public benefits. Benefit specialists can provide an overview of a person’s services and benefits and how work will impact their cash payments, medical coverage, and continued eligibility. If you have a disability, you should contact a benefits specialist when: You are considering work for the …

What You Should Know Before You Apply For Social Security Disability Benefit

This starter kit from Social Security includes answers to questions most people ask about when applying for disability benefits. Knowing the answers to these questions will help you understand the process. The kit includes a fact sheet with the definition of disability and answers questions about applying for disability benefits. It provides a link to the online application and lots of other …

Disability.gov’s Guide to Student Financial Aid

Student financial aid can come in several different forms – scholarships, grants, work-study and loans. This guide explains financial aid options for students attending or planning to attend college or career or technical school. You’ll learn about applying for federal student aid, scholarships for students with disabilities and other types of financial aid to help you pay your tuition, fees and other …

Job Accommodation Network (JAN)

The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is the leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues. Working toward practical solutions that benefit both employer and employee, JAN helps people with disabilities enhance their employability, and shows employers how to capitalize on the value and talent that people with disabilities add to the workplace.