Disability Awareness

Click here to read a short story about the importance of attitude.

Calendar of Disability Awareness Days and Events

Click on this link to see a listing of disability awareness events throughout the year. You can also click on links for more information about the disability topic or event.

Career Opportunity for Students with Disabilities

Visit this web site for a wealth of disability awareness links and other information.

Disability 101

Department of Education and U.S. Chamber of Commerce put together a booklet for tapping into the underutilized workforce of people with disabilities.  Visit this website to see a table of contents for the free downloadable booklet.

Service Animals

Staff can ask a person with an animal three questions:

• Is this a service animal (companion, support and comfort animals are not covered under the ADA)
• Has this animal been individually trained?
• What service or tasks does this animal provide (not referring to type of disability)?

If the customer refuses to answer, the staff can ask them to remove the animal from the premises.

Job Accommodations fact sheet about service animals.

Click here for the Department of Justice's web site describing laws regarding service animals and their 1-800 ADA technical assistance number.

General Information for Specific Disabilities

Anxieties

Brain Injuries

Cerebral Palsy (Muscular Disorder)

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Deafness and Hearing Loss

Depression

Diabetes

Epilepsy (Seizure Disorder)

Fibromyalgia (Chronic Pain Throughout the Body)

Learning Disabilities (Processing Difficulties)

Lupus (Immune Deficiency Disorder)

Meniere's (Episodes of Dizziness and Hearing Loss)

Mental Health Myths and Facts (Psychiatric Disorders)

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Abnormal Obsessions)

Parkinson's Disease (Loss of Muscle Function)

Updated September, 2009 by Cassy Polen, Disability Program Navigator.