October marks the start of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), a time that raises awareness on disability employment. People with disabilities have always had a harder time obtaining work, mostly due to preconceived notions of their capabilities and unconscious bias.
While 2023 saw the highest rate of disability employment in history—averaging at about 37%—there is still so much work to be done to further inclusion and independence opportunities for the community. This year’s NDEAM theme, “Access and Good Jobs for All” will be focusing on this idea—promoting fair access to well-paying jobs for people with disabilities to further raise these employment numbers.
“Our theme in 2024, ‘Access to Good Jobs for All,’ speaks to our commitment to expand the number of employment opportunities for people with disabilities and the quality of those opportunities,” Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy Taryn M. Williams said in a news release. “Good jobs change lives and all workers—including disabled people—deserve the opportunity to prepare for success in high-quality, good-paying jobs in workplaces free of discrimination.”
This month, we take a look at a few of the employees who not only illustrate this year’s theme but break the stereotypes surrounding the ability of disability community in the workplace:
John D. Kemp
Haben Girma
Ed Roberts
Collette Divitto
Just like the contributions of these individuals, people with disabilities have proven time and time again that they can work in every capacity and industry. This National Disability Employment Awareness Month, it’s important to remember that people with disabilities aren’t just capable of work, but are critical to forming a more inclusive, accessible and educated society.
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This article was originally published on diversitycomm.net.
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