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=Pieces of the Employment Puzzle for Transitioning Youth with ASD (Business Perspective, Employer Partnerships, Employer Needs)=


 * ==** Ready by 21: Helping you to improve the odds that all children and youth will be ready for college **== || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * ==** National Disability Policy: A Progress Report National Council on Disability 2008 Report **== || == ==

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 * ==** Top 10: Employer Perspectives on Hiring People with Disabilities **== || ==** [] **== ||
 * ==** 32nd Institute on Rehabilitation Issues (IRI), "The VR-Business Network: Charting Your Course” **== || ==** [] **== ||
 * ==** Dual Customer Approach: National VR-Business Network **== || ==** [|h][|ttp://www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/vrpractices/busdev.html] **== ||
 * ==** Employers’ Perspectives on the Basic Knowledge and Applied Skills of New Entrants to the 21st Century U.S. Workforce, The Conference Board **== || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * ==** Targeting High Growth Clusters, Labor Market Analysis **== || ==**__ [|http://www.bls.gov] __**== ||
 * ==** Job Analysis information: Adding Value to Business **== || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * ==** Deficit Marketing: Good Intentions, Bad Results **== || = =

|| ==** In a presentation entitled “Adding Value to Business” presented by Erin Riehle, Project SEARCH, Children’s Hospital of Cincinnati shares her perspective on how we are perceived by business and why we should provide quality services, Source: Training & Technical Assistance for Providers funded by Office of Disability Employment Policy, US Department of Labor **== || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * ==** In Their Own Words: Employer Perspectives on Youth with Disabilities in the Workplace, National Center on Secondary Education and Transition 2004 **== || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * ==** Beyond Traditional Job Development, Denise Bissonnette **== || ==** [] **== ||
 * =** Adding Value to Business **=
 * ==** A HOW-TO GUIDE FOR SCHOOL-BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS, Council for Corporate & School Partnerships **== || =**__ [] __**= ||
 * =** Working Smarter…Not Harder **=

** Collaborating with other organizations with a common purpose **
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 * ==** Vocational Rehabilitation Partners, Public VR Agency **== || ==**__ [|http://www.rehabnetwork.org] __**== ||
 * ==** Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) Program for Veterans **== || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * ==** One Stop System: State Workforce Investment Boards. Local Workforce Investment Boards **== || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * =** Additional State & Local Government Agencies **=

** Examples of other agencies with a focus on employment **
|| =** State Employment Initiatives to increase the number of individuals with disabilities employed **= || ==**__ [] __**== =** The USBusinessLeadershipNetwork (USBLN®) is the national business organization currently representing BLN chapters in 32 states and more than 5000 employers using a “business to business” strategy to promote the business imperative of including people with disabilities in the workforce. **= || ==**__ [|www.][|us][|bln.org/] __**== || =** The Employer Assistance & Recruiting Network (EARN) is a free service that connects employers looking for quality employees with skilled job candidates. Discover what employers across the nation have learned: hiring people with disabilities is a great business strategy! **= || == ==
 * =** Developmental/Intellectual Disability Programs **= || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * =** Mental Health Programs **= || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * =** Health and human services **= || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * =** Education **= || ==**__ [|http://www.ed.gov] __**== ||
 * =** Economic Development **= || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * =** Additional State & Local Government Agencies **=
 * State & Local Government Home Pages (use search engine)** ||
 * =** Professional Associations **= ||
 * =** National Rehabilitation Association **= || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * =** Council for Exceptional Children, Division on Career Development and Transition **= || ==**__ [|www.dcdt.org] __**== ||
 * =** Association for Career & Technology Education **= || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * =** American Association of Occupational Therapist **= || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * =** American Physical Therapy Association **= || ==**__ [|http://www.apta.org] __**== ||
 * =** American Speech-Language-Hearing Association **= || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * =** Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of America (RESNA) **= || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * =** National Career Development Association **= || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * =** Examples of National Initiatives: Connecting our efforts **= ||
 * =** US Business Leadership Network **=
 * =** Employer Assistance & Recruiting Network (EARN) **=

|| =** Enables organizations committed to improving disability workplace practices to work with ODEP to develop and implement model policies, initiatives and strategies that increase recruiting, hiring, advancing, and retaining workers with disabilities (e.g. trade and professional associations, businesses, labor unions, educational institutions, Federal, state and local government agencies) **= || ==**__ [] __**== || ==** Army’s Wounded Warriors (AW2) Careers, a collaboration between NEP and the U.S. Army to ensure that the most severely injured soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are productively engaged in pursuing their careers after they return home from active combat. **== =** The national replication of NOD’s highly successful Start on Success (SOS) program that helps high school students with disabilities transition into the workforce. **= || ==**__ [|http://www.nod.org] __**== || ==** National Telecommuting Institute (NTI) is a unique educational/job-matching organization pioneering the development of telework jobs for Americans with disabilities. NTI staff bring together employers who have agreed to "go virtual," advanced communications technology, and vocational rehabilitation agencies to enable individuals with disabilities to train for and work online in environments that are more easily accessible to them. **== || ==**__ [] __**==
 * =** Dept. of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy Alliance **=
 * =** National Organization on Disability: National EmployAbility Partnership **=
 * =** National Telecommuting Institute **=

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 * ==** What businesses are saying about the value of hiring individuals with ASD: Take Time to Search! **== ||
 * =** Onlinehumanresources.net HR Professional’s Toolkit **= || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * =** Some employers find those with autism especially suited for jobs, By Ashley Johnson Contributor January 17, 2012 11:38AM, HighlandPark News, Chicago Sun-Times Publication **= || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * =** People with ASD have much to offer employers, by __Samantha J. Herrick__, February 8, 2012, New Jersey Jewish Times **= || ==**__ [|http://www.njjewishnews.com/article/8230/people-with-asd-have-much-to-offer-employers#.TzcAd_ldCM5] __**== ||
 * =** Human Resource Executive Online, Diversity of Autism Offers HR Challenges, Since autism affects individuals in a wide variety of ways, it's important for employers to respond with individualized approaches, when necessary. It's also important, experts say, to focus on the quality of work by the employee instead of his or her social skills. **=

=** By Frank Ferreri, __cyber FEDS__® Legal Editor **= || ==**__ [] __**== ||
 * ==** Aspies in the Workplace, Recognizing their strengths, employers embrace workers with Asperger's Syndrome. By Julie Cook Ramire **==

==** Self-advocacy & other resources regarding self disclosure which may be a realistic issue for those transitioning and applying for jobs. There are other sections on discrimination which may occur in the workplace, "Easing Transition from High School to College", "Employment and Adults with Aspergers", "Tips for requesting workplace accomidations", etc. Written by: Stephen M. Shore, sponsored by the Autism Research Institute and posted on wikipage by Monica Band (link directly below) **==

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 * =JAN’s Accommodation and Compliance Series is designed to help employers determine effective accommodations and com ply with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Each publication in the series addresses a specific medical condition and provides information about the condition, ADA information, accommodation ideas, and resources for additional information.= || =http://askjan.org/media/asperger.html=
 * In this section of the site, you’ll find information on job-related subjects such as employment research and reports, supported employment, transition planning for job opportunities, vocational rehabilitation and more.

[|Employment Options]
Discover your employment options by learning what we mean by employment, what people mean when they talk about employment and day services and a helpful employment glossary of terms. [|» learn more]

[|Employment Research and Reports]
Although in recent years the number of people with autism spectrum disorders has been significantly growing, the availability of employment statistics specific to this group is still relatively scarce. Statistics on employment participation vary widely in how well they can identify specific groups such as people with autism spectrum disorders. [|» learn more]

[|Planning for Employment]
Discover how to plan for employment if you have autism or another developmental disability. [|» learn more]

[|Supported Employment]
Getting a job is an important milestone for most of us. For individuals with autism spectrum disorders, however, it is a milestone that is often not easily reached. Supported employment is an approach that can facilitate access to employment in typical work environments. [|» learn more]

[|The Employment Service System]
If a job seeker needs help to find a job there are state and local resources that can help with the job search. State human service and job support agencies such as the state vocational rehabilitation agency or the state intellectual or developmental disability agency can help coordinate services, provide funding, and in some cases provide direct job support. [|» learn more]

[|Transition Planning for Job Opportunities]
A motivating factor for schools and community providers to provide evidence-based transition practices for all students, including students with autism spectrum disorders or other developmental disabilities, stems from growing evidence that more needs to be done to ensure that young adults are prepared to pursue meaningful work in the 21st century workplace. [|» learn more]

[|Vocational Rehabilitation]
Every state has a vocational rehabilitation (VR) agency that is designed to help individuals with disabilities meet their employment goals. Vocational rehabilitation agencies assist individuals with disabilities to prepare for, get, keep or regain employment. » learn more || [] job/the employment service system (Submitted by Roin Keys) ||