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DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH
Ability360 in Phoenix offers programs for job seekers with disabilities
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ABOUT ABILITY360
Ability360 continues a 40-plus-year tradition of empowering programs for people with all disabilities. Ability360 offers and promotes programs to empower people with disabilities to take personal responsibility so that they may achieve or continue independent lifestyles within the community. The independent living philosophy states that people with disabilities should have the same civil rights, options, and control over choices in their own lives as do people without disabilities. Visit ability360.org or call 602-256-2245.
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October is National Disability Awareness Month, and this year’s theme is “Advancing Access and Equity.”
The Phoenix-based nonprofit Ability360, located at 5025 E. Washington St., Suite. 200, offers a number of programs to support job seekers with disabilities, including:
The Ability360 Employment Ticket to Work Program with services for people with disabilities receiving Social Security Disability who are seeking employment. Visit https://ability360.org/ticket-to-work/ to learn more.
Individuals receiving Social Security Disability benefits who have a specific work goal, are working or have a job offer, Ability360’s Benefits 2 Work Arizona can help understand how earned income will affect cash, medical and other benefits. Visit www.ability360.org/b2w/.
Ability360 360Youth, which provides Pre-Employment Transition Services for Youth ages 14-22 with disabilities. Youth can sign up for online and in-person workshops on self-advocacy, workplace readiness, and counseling on post-secondary education and training, job exploration, and work-based learning. Visit www.ability360.org/360-youth/.
Ability360 also offers disability awareness training for employers and the community. This includes the philosophy, language and etiquette to ensure that people with disabilities are fully included in a business and engaged in ways that are respectful and empowering.
Visit www.dol.gov/NDEAM for ideas on how organizations and employers can support NDEAM.
