enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Best Buddies International - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Buddies_International

   Best Buddies Jobs is a program that makes sure people with intellectual and developmental disabilities get competitive paying jobs and equal employment. This program provides a support system for both the employee with a disability and the employer. [8]

3. Supported employment - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supported_employment

   Supported employment was developed in the United States in the 1970s as part of both vocational rehabilitation (VR) services (e.g., NYS Office of Vocational Services, 1978) and the advocacy for long term services and supports (LTSS) for individuals with significant disabilities in competitive job placements in integrated settings (e.g., businesses, offices, manufacturing facilities).

4. List of disability organizations - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disability...

   American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) (1876) – AAIDD are promoters for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) (1995) – a cross-disability organization that focuses on advocacy and services.

5. YAI: Seeing Beyond Disability - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAI:_Seeing_Beyond_Disability

   YAI, previously known as the Young Adult Institute, is an organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the United States.YAI launched as a pilot program at a small school in Brooklyn, New York, in February 1957. [1]

6. Services and supports for people with disabilities - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Services_and_supports_for...

   According to the Americans with disabilities act, people with disabilities are guaranteed equal opportunities when it comes to public accommodation, jobs, transportation, [6] government services and telecommunications. These allow for Americans with disabilities to be able to live as normal lives as possible apart from their disadvantage.

7. Intellectual disability and higher education in the United ...

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_disability...

   Post-secondary education for students with intellectual disabilities in the United States refers to the opportunities and challenges faced by these students when pursuing higher education. Historically, individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) have faced barriers in accessing post-secondary education, primarily due to restrictions in ...