Disability SkunkWorks

09/08/2017

Let's build a bigger skunkworks to change ... , word choice and the sales model to get journalists, media and even bloggers to cover the real story. This is a well written piece published on Sept 5th by Wendy Lu with input from a variety of respected leaders. If you join this "Stella Young Skunkworks" mission you pledge to make it happen in all you write, edit and communicate in every way and day. Remove pity, inferiority and inspiration and replace it with the facts. Go! ⏩

We’ve all read headlines like this before: “This Student With Cerebral Palsy Went To Prom With Her Best Friend And It Was Magical.” For decades, the media has tended to portray people with disabilities (or those around them) as inspirations or heroes—a genre of reporting known as “inspiration porn.”...

09/01/2017

Career mentoring works!

American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults Future Reflections Special Issue: The Individualized Education Plan (IEP) TRANSITION

01/10/2014

Lynnae Ruttledge may know better than anybody alive how limiting the term "person with disabilities" is, and how far such a person can go in the world of work and influence.

08/30/2013

http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/section503.htm

503 Webinar today - follow the link to sign up and learn about the final rule.

On August 27, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor�s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced a Final Rule that makes changes to the regulations implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Section 503) at 41 CFR Part 60-741.

08/07/2013

Contractors push back on hiring rules for vets, people with disabilities

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/pending-regs/315833-contractors-push-back-on-hiring-rules-for-vets-people-with-disabilities

The construction industry is pushing back against proposed rules that would require federal contractors do more to hire veterans and people with disabilities. Officials from the Associated General Contractors of America met with White House staffers on Tuesday to protest the rules, which are under a...

03/15/2013

SkunkWorks Book Club: Disability and Culture, Edited by Ingstad and Whyte (1995)

The articles address a question, poised to cultures around the world: "Are persons with impairments impaired persons?"

Spurred by the United Nation's International Decade for Disabled Persons and medical anthropology's coming of age, anthropologists have recently begun to explore the effects of culture on the lives of the mentally and physically impaired. This major collection of essays both reframes disability i...

02/15/2013

SkunkWorks Book Club: The Disability Studies Reader by Lennard Davis

The Disability Studies Reader is the most comprehensive introduction to disability studies. Now in its third edition, it contains a wide range of seminal, cutting-edge and classic articles in the field. The collection covers cultural studies, identity politics, literary criticism, sociology, p...

02/15/2013

Strategies to Maintain Positive Health
Posted by Dr. Darlene Powell Garlington, DHCC clinical psychologist on February 15, 2013. She is a contractor with Deployment Health Clinical Center, a Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury center.

DCoE Blog

02/08/2013

From HuffPost's The Blog.... Matt Fultz is Outside the Box's Coordinator of Career Services. He and the Career Support Specialists at Outside the Box are at the forefront of helping individuals with disabilities find meaningful careers.

Welcome to one of the most rewarding and humbling days of my life. Not just my working life, but my entire life.

01/24/2013

National Mentoring Partnership Awards...perhaps willing partners to integrate disability-focused efforts?

January 24, 2013, Washington, D.C.: MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership's Board of Directors proudly announced the 2013 Excellence in Mentoring in America awards last evening at a special reception and dinner at the Library of Congress - the kickoff event for the third annual National Mentor...

01/18/2013

Inauguration Guide for the Disabled and Elderly - Washington Post Article

On Inauguration Day, there will be resources for people with disabilities or who are elderly or frail.

01/16/2013

In 2013, with the vital support of the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (MEAF), USICD is launching its first internship program focusing on youth with disabilities who are interested in international affairs careers. The project follows from a vision, core to USICD’s mission, to increase disability inclusion in U.S. foreign affairs by supporting future generations of Americans to invest their skills and talents in this field. Apply online by 2/18!

Youth in Development DC Internship Program (YiD)