While effective practices guide our process, business professionals tell us that hearing and reading about real-life experiences of people with disabilities, their employers and their disability employment service providers are among the most valuable tools in learning how to locate, place and manage workers with disabilities.
Success Stories is a collection of the experiences of organizations that have reaped the benefits of employing people with disabilities. The success stories also include accounts of actual employees with disabilities and their professional development in the workplace. Additionally, the role of service providers is explored, particularly in how employers and employees are matched. These stories represent a wide variety of careers both in private-sector businesses and in federal agencies.
Employers and service providers alike will find useful lessons, best practices and personal insights to help develop and promote successful strategies for their own organizations:
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Stories detailing employers’ experiences will be enlightening for service providers in understanding better ways to assist employers.
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Stories detailing the role of service providers will be especially helpful for employers who are new to the employment of people with disabilities.
Each story is available in both PDF and MS Word formats. Some also offer brief video comments from business managers in digital format with captions and audio descriptions. All may be freely used in presentations and other communications, with the following attribution:
Source: Employer Assistance & Resource Network (EARN); www.earnworks.com.
