Today, members of Congress reintroduced the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA). TCIEA would end the subminimum wage for disabled people (called 14(c), based on section 14(c) of the…
It’s important for self-advocates to understand employment policy and how things could be different—so that we can effectively advocate for an end to policies that hurt us, and for the…
…which promotes research into employment supports and technologies that help people with disabilities work. And it would move NIDILRR from the Administration on Community Living, which emphasizes community-based employment for…
…and will end the use of seclusion, aversives, and restraint in our schools, residential facilities, and service provision! Disability Discrimination in Employment by Spencer Hunley According to the U.S. Equal…
…employment is not the same as supported employment, and that individuals with disabilities should be provided with the appropriate supports to achieve fully inclusive and integrated employment in their own…
…The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a final rule to clarify the reasonable accommodation protections for qualified applicants or employees who have known limitations that were part of the…
…Committee’s workforce markup package. The Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (S.533) is a bill that would create competitive integrated employment opportunities for disabled people. This month, we celebrate the…
…the program. Despite decades of progress for disability employment protections and civil rights, it is still legal to pay people with disabilities subminimum wage. Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor…
…own employment goals. Programs such as supported employment and the Medicaid Buy-In provide supports to connect people with disabilities to employment, without threatening their access to critical health care and…
…employment for workers with disabilities and pass the Transition to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA). TCIEA would end subminimum wages under 14(c); give states, service providers, and employers the money…
