Employment Resources for People with Disabilities

The following are resources that will help people with disabilities find employment.

Job Search Databases

AARP Worksearch Information Network
http://www.aarpworksearch.org/Pages/Default.aspx
WorkSearch Information Network (W.I.N.) is a great online employment guide that covers the entire job search process from start to finish. As part of our commitment to keeping you inspired, informed, and up to date, you'll find pages and pages of a wide scope of career information assembled with you in mind.

AbilityLinks
www.abilitylinks.org
To increase employment of qualified persons with disabilities. Non profits, businesses and government agencies join the AbilityLinks Consortium to demonstrate support for this mission and gain access to disability employment networking opportunities.

Stand Among Friends
http://www.standamongfriends.org/
To promote opportunities for people with disabilities to live a life without limits and experience the highest degree of independence and success in their communities.

Job Finding Assistance

Vocational Rehabilitation Services by State

Bender Consulting Services
www.benderconsult.com
Create employment opportunities for people with disabilities in technology fields.

Careers & the disABLED Magazine
www.eop.com/mags-CD.php/
The nation's first career-guidance and recruitment magazine for people with disabilities who are at undergraduate, graduate, or professional levels.

Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program
www.cap.tricare.mil/

Employment Assistance Resource Network
www.earnworks.com
Assist employers to see the value of hiring workers with disabilities. They also assist job-seekers with disabilities.

National Industries for the Blind
www.nib.org

National Institute for the Severely Handicapped
www.nish.org
Create employment Opportunities for the blind and severely disabled.

Other

The Abilities Fund
www.abilitiesfund.org
Committed to the economic advancement of people with disabilities and devoted to the fullest expression of their entrepreneurial spirit in all its diversity, strength and boundless originality. Provides access to capital and microloans.

Aunt Bertha | Connecting People and Programs
www.auntbertha.com
Makes it easy to find food, health, housing and employment programs. Search by zipcode.

ProtectYourIncome
www.protectyourincome.com
The online source for Disability Insurance. You will also find resources that could be of assistance to those with disabilities seeking employment.

Resource Partnership
www.partnershipresources.org
An organization committed to the successful employment of individuals with disabilities.

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commision
www.eeoc.gov

WorkSupport.com
www.worksupport.com
Information, resources, and research about work and disability issues.

Job Accomodations Network
www.askjan.org
The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is the leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues.