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ODEP - Newsletter - October 28, 2011

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ODEP News Brief

October 28, 2011

Employer Assistance and Resource Network (EARN) director featured in

Ability magazine

Associate dean of outreach at Cornell University's Industrial and Labor

Relations (ILR) school, and director of Cornell's Employment and Disability

Institute, professor ne Bruyère discusses the challenges lie ahead.

a.. Read the Ability magazine article

DOL Receives Champion in Leadership Award for Work with Students with

Disabilities Through Project SEARCH

The award recognizes federal agencies for creating supportive work

environments for people with disabilities.

a.. Read more about the award and Project SEARCH

Current and former ODEP employees blog about National Disability

Employment Awareness Month

a.. Read current ODEP employee Huberman's NDEAM blog

b.. Read former ODEP intern Hamza Jaka's NDEAM blog

Supporting Groundbreaking Research to Assist the Disabled

" My goal is fixing or minimizing the effect of a disability by developing

technologies so that persons with disabilities can function at a higher level. "

- Ted Conway, an experienced engineer and an individual living with cerebral

palsy.

a.. Read the Washington Post article

Students with Visual and Learning Disabilities Thrive with Accessible

Audiobooks from Learning Ally

For students who are blind, visually impaired or have a physical or

learning disability, Learning Ally provides the nation's largest online

accessible audio library of core curriculum textbooks and literature, helping

them achieve academic success and prepare for the workplace.

a.. Read the blog post on Disability.gov

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