Grant Deadline – March 15, 2012 at 5 pm EST
 
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Kessler Foundation announces the opening of the 2012 cycle of its Community Employment Grant Program. This program supports employment opportunities and career advancement for individuals living in New Jersey with mobility and/or cognitive impairments primarily from neurological conditions such as spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis or chronic musculoskeletal disorders.

PORTLAND, ORE. – Jan. 25, 2012 – Advocates for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities today filed a class action lawsuit challenging Oregon’s failure to provide supported employment services to more than 2,300 state residents who are segregated in sheltered workshops where they perform mundane tasks, such as folding UPS bags.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, charges state officials with violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act by confining individuals with disabilities to segregated settings where they have little – if any – interaction with non-disabled peers.  Moreover, they are paid far below the state’s minimum wage of $8.80 for doing rote tasks that offer no training, no skills, and no advancement.

By Javier Robles

If you’ re a person with a disability and really love to travel you may already know that traveling by airplane can be both frustrating and humbling.  This is especially true in today’ s security climate.  If you have not traveled on a plane before and have a disability, especially a physical one, we hope this article will give you the tools you need to travel from point A to point B without too much hassle.

In this article we will tell you 7 things you must do to ensure a comfortable and hopefully stress-free itinerary.