🌸ASAN March Update 🌸
…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…
March 31, 2024
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ASAN Statement on Medicaid Work Requirements
…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…
January 11, 2018
ASAN Responds To President’s FY2021 Budget Request
…again proposes to eliminate state supported employment grants, which help vocational rehabilitation agencies get people with disabilities supported employment. The budget additionally cuts $11.4 million from the Office of Disability…
February 13, 2020
ACTION ALERT: Tell Your Senators to Support Disabled People in the Workforce
…community for PwD! @[SenUsername] Expand employment opportunities for PwD! Support #Fairwages and Employment first- support S. 1604 @[SenUsername] We need cost-effective supports matching our rising expectations in our work &…
July 14, 2015
ASAN Public Comment on Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act
…for the purpose of helping someone obtain competitive employment.” Despite this requirement, in practice these programs are not effective as transitional services leading to competitive employment. Additionally, in most cases,…
February 22, 2012
Transcript and Video of Julia Bascom’s Keynote at Drexel University
…support. So we need to make sure we’re investing in supported and customized employment, so that people really can work. The good news is that we know how to do…
January 11, 2021
🦖ASAN April Update🦖
…Accessibility Act (CVTA), which would ensure that people with disabilities have access to the innovative communication and video programming technologies needed to participate equally in employment, education, recreation, civic, and…
April 30, 2024
ASAN Testimony to Delaware Legislature
…the expansion of supported employment services – will require new investments. I’ll note that some of those investments the state is already pursuing, such as Delaware’s innovative Pathways to Employment…
February 29, 2016
ASAN Calls for Resumes from Autistic People
…database of qualified Autistic people who are looking for employment in specific areas, and those resumes may be submitted to companies interested in employing Autistic adults. With low employment rates…
May 31, 2011
Joint Disability Letter in Support of NJ Transition Plan
…disability populations.[5] In addition, numerous states have included similar limits on the use of rental subsidies as part of their Olmstead compliance efforts.[6] Bringing New Jersey’s Day and Employment Services…
February 26, 2015