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Enabled to Enable: How NGO is changing narrative for PwDs in Cross River state

Umo Akwang

August 05, 2022 |

Legit.ng |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Cross River

Enabled to Enable provides vocational skills training to disabled individuals. So far, the skills training has reached about 129 women and girls, empowering them to find jobs and even start their own businesses despite their disabilities.

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A Mentorship Programme Is Turning Young PWDs Into A Thriving Workforce

Nathaniel Bivan

July 22, 2022 |

HumAngle |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

The Peniel Foundation virtually connects people with disabilities with mentors to help them learn to achieve their goals, level up their career skills to access to better jobs and become financially independent. Since forming, the foundation has seen thousands join the program and go on to have great success in their careers and personal lives.

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College. Work. Starting a business. KC grads with disabilities have options

Maria Benevento

April 28, 2022 |

The Kansas City Beacon |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Kansas

The Transition Academy connects people with mental and physical disabilities with helpful resources to increase their access to jobs and higher education. The group also connects families with resources, experiences, and knowledge to create a smooth transition out of high school for students with disabilities and provides a Facebook community for families to connect and share insights.

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Reimagining a Differently-Abled World

Adhiambo Edith Magak

March 16, 2022 |

The Elephant |

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Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya

Riziki Source helps people with disabilities access job opportunities through their disability-friendly website.

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In Holland People With Dementia Can Work on a Farm

Elizabeth Hewitt

March 07, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Netherlands, Brielle, Holland

Care farms in the Netherlands allow people with dementia to work alongside farmers in joint responsibility and decision-making. This work provides physical and emotional benefits like movement, social interaction, and a sense of purpose.

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Are community jobs the solution for Missouri's sheltered workshops?

Madison Hopkins

February 23, 2022 |

The Kansas City Beacon |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Sedalia, Missouri

Even as several states banned subminimum wages for disabled workers and adopted versions of the "employment-first" legislation in the country, the Center for Human Services became an anomaly when it closed its sheltered workshop programs in Missouri where they find immense support. In the last five years, the non-profit has focused, instead, on helping adults with disabilities gain employment in traditional jobs in their own communities and earn minimal wages.

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ResQZone

Amanda Anderdson

February 08, 2022 |

KWCM-PBS |

Broadcast TV Programs |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Marshall, Minnesota

An e-waste recycling program in Minnesota aims to take old computers that normally end up in a landfill and give them to community members with income-based needs. Since the ResQZone initiative started as a partnership between a nonprofit and the county government, they’ve been able to get 420 computer systems back into public use. They also hire and train people with disabilities to do the refurbishing.

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How A Textile Factory Empowers Its All-Blind Work Crew

Alia Stearns

December 05, 2017 |

UPROXX |

Multi-Media |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

A startling 70% of blind persons in the United States are unemployed. The Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind is helping shift the understanding of what types of jobs are available to this population with a revolutionary factory built specifically for its blind employees. Each machine is retrofitted to be used safely and easily, empowering individuals to become more independent. This video takes you inside the factory to meet some of the workers.

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Why Some Companies Are Trying to Hire More People on the Autism Spectrum

Bourree Lam

December 28, 2016 |

The Atlantic |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The unemployment rate for individuals diagnosed on the autism spectrum is a whopping 58%, but a number of pilot programs at big companies are working to increase what is being called "neurodiversity" in the workplace. Inspired by the success of a Dutch organization that helps place autistic workers, firms like EY and Microsoft are finding that employing individuals with unique cognitive abilities benefits not just people, but the company's bottom line.

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From Institution To Inclusion

Martin Austermuhle

March 14, 2016 |

American University Radio (WAMU) |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

For individuals with developmental disabilities in Washington, D.C., inclusion’s uphill battle, while still happening, has shown results. After the practice of institutionalization ended decades ago, there was a shift to group home living, nonprofit advocacy groups, and job placements. Challenges remain though, like slow-moving bureaucracy, funding, and those still fighting inclusion, but moves toward inclusive jobs and living continue.

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