Sentences with word «disabilities»

Other benefits are more socioeconomic, such as parking assistance, a reduction in labor costs, fuel conservation, and the ability to move the elderly and people with disabilities around.

Robin is also a member of the Presidents Group, a network of business leaders in B.C. focused on increasing employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

In order to know whether or not you're achieving your employment equity goals, you need to know how many aboriginal Canadians, women, people with disabilities and members of a visible minority have a PhD in economics.

Additionally, important areas for further study include employment for older workers and individuals with disabilities.

Our Government will take further steps to see that those traditionally under - represented in the workforce, including people with disabilities, youth, and Aboriginal Canadians, find the job - training they need.

When our envy is rooted in things we can not change about ourselves, such as a difficult childhood, a traumatic event, or certain health conditions and disabilities, using envy to motivate self - improvement is more likely to dig us deeper into frustration and self - blame.

In 2009, he learned about an innovative program called the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans With Disabilities while enrolled in the master's of business administration program at the University of Connecticut.

In 2009, the 1976 Olympic champion launched I - Skate, a program that teaches children with physical disabilities how to ice skate — not only to improve their health and independence, but also to provide them with opportunities to interact with their peers.

«For those of you asking about the #InclusionRider, it's designed to ensure equitable hiring in supportive roles for women, POC, the LGBT community, & people w / disabilities,» they tweeted.

Estimates have revealed improved access for people with disabilities would add $ 6 billion to Australia's gross domestic product

«We spend more than virtually any other country on public investments and job training and skills development, and yet we have unacceptably high levels of unemployment amongst young Canadians, aboriginal Canadians, new immigrants, and persons with disabilities,» he said.

De Zen is also donating $ 1.25 million for a facility in Vaughan for people with developmental disabilities, to be known as the James De Zen Centre of Abilities.

She also notes that while psychology is often seen as a form of treatment, it can also be used to empower clients — for example, she concentrates primarily on sports psychology and in educational assessments to help kids with anxiety and learning disabilities.

Inclusion is the term thrown around a lot about people with disabilities.

Meanwhile, in a poor section of industrial Midtown, he is developing a commercial and artistic oasis and training students with disabilities for marketable trades.

Leka is a robot that helps children with autism and learning disabilities improve their motor, cognitive and emotional skills.

It reports $ 110 million of net income on $ 3 billion in revenue for the nine months ending Nov. 2, 2013, compared to $ 95 million in net income on $ 2.88 billion in revenue for the year - earlier period. www.michaels.com National Mentor Holdings, a Boston - based provider of home and community - based health services to children and adults with disabilities, is preparing to file for an IPO that could value the company at more than $ 1 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal.

«You don't see a lot of this, except in connection with cases regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act,» she says.

So in 2002 she invented a transparent, washable bib for adults with disabilities and launched a company to sell it.

The technology is designed to give people with disabilities a way to navigate a computer using just the movement of their eyes.

Cold Stone also supports community projects, working closely with Best Buddies, a nonprofit that helps people with disabilities to secure jobs and live independently.

When we hired individuals with developmental disabilities to fill nontraditional work roles, our team learned lessons in understanding and purpose that made us stronger as a company.

She will also consult on process innovations, applying her hard - won expertise to design a workplace that doesn't merely accommodate disabilities but is shaped around them.

Jews suffered certain legal civil disabilities in the colonies and in some of the later states and certain extralegal social disabilities in both, but they suffered no persecution until three years after the War.

But there is so much more to do and too few entrepreneurs and startups dedicated to opening doors for people with disabilities.

Indiana University's Lenkowsky cited the experience of former GOP nominee Bob Dole, who once operated a nonprofit for employing people with disabilities that shuttered shortly after his political career ended.

Medicaid provides insurance primarily to pregnant women, single parents, people with disabilities, and seniors with low incomes.

Combined with women, he said assisting more young people, Indigenous peoples, recent immigrants and Canadians living with disabilities to enter the job market could help the labour force expand by half a million people.

Sending a clear message that employees are trusted and empowered to get their best work done, in a less traditional and / or rigid structure is extremely attractive, especially to millennials, women and people with disabilities.

Forms of discrimination that apply to interviewing and hiring are also applicable to reference checking, so be sure to avoid questions that involve race, age, disabilities, national origin, religion or marital status.

For instance, less than half of people with hearing disabilities in the U.S between the ages of 18 and 64 had jobs in 2012.

Our government has worked hard to ensure our country benefits from the talents and abilities of Canadians with disabilities.

That includes a focus on communities of color, the military community, LGBTQ, people with disabilities and those in small towns and cities.

• Ready, Willing & Able is an initiative to help Canadians with intellectual disabilities become part of the workforce.

While the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination and requires workplaces and businesses to provide accessibility to people with disabilities, this isn't always the case in other parts of the world.

A survey conducted by the Illinois Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity revealed that 93 percent of customers said they preferred to purchase from a company that employed individuals with disabilities.

The World Health Organization estimates 1 billion people across the world live with disabilities, and Google's philanthropy division, Google.org, just pledged $ 20 million to help improve their situations.

Likewise, if you suspect that an employee is requesting a flexible work arrangement because of a medical condition, be sure to first analyze the request according to the definition of «reasonable accommodation» under the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Even those workers with more profound disabilities have shown great improvement — contributing to the bottom line.

Microsoft also views Read Aloud as beneficial for users with learning disabilities such as dyslexia.

As well, we will support two programs that will help people with disabilities find jobs and stay employed.

We improved accessibility through the Enabling Accessibility Fund, provided new investments for people with disabilities to join and contribute to the workforce, and helped improve access to financial independence through programs such as the Registered Disabilities Savings Plan (RDSP).

We've been tabulating data over the years that show increases in the experience of inclusion according to racial and ethnic identity, gender and expression identity, disabilities, and many others.

Although people can use Google Maps to get around using public transit, those routes may not be best suited for people with wheelchairs or who have other disabilities.

The IRS also has a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program for people with disabilities, limited English or those who generally make $ 54,000 or less, and Tax Counseling for the Elderly for those age 60 or older.

Dr. Betsy Kennon of Pittsburgh also contributes the story of Scooter, who was almost killed by a car but now brings joy to people also dealing with disabilities.

San Francisco may soon ban food delivery robots from its streets and sidewalks because of fears they may be obstacles to elderly people, children, and people with disabilities.

If the manager, say, disciplined the employee or fired the employee due to performance that could be attributed in some way to the condition, this could open the manager or employer up to accusations of violating the Americans With Disabilities Act, Segal says.

The ideas revealed so far include a self - loading wheelchair for drivers with physical disabilities, a folding electric tricycle that doubles as a shopping cart, and intriguingly, a Segway - hoverboard hybrid that looks somewhat like an oversized Roomba, as TechCrunch keenly observes.

The provision was expanded in 1990 to include people with disabilities, following the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.