Tuesday, October 6, 2009

October 6th, The Mayor's Annual Disability Awareness Conference





In recognition of Disability Awareness Month, Mayor Adrian Fenty and his administraion (bottom right photo) held the Mayor's Annual Disability Awareness Conference in DC. This year's agenda was Employment for All. People with disabilities often times encountered numerous barriers in finding employment. The federal and local government of DC are starting many initiatives to actively recruit people with disabilities in government. There will be a job fair conference focused on recruting people with disabilities next year. Federal agencies are supposed to have job openings to hire people with disabilities. Be sure to look out for more information to come.

While there are many challenges to securing employment, there are also success stories. Wendy Batson, Executive Director of Handicap International (top left), and I had the opportunity to talk about employment success stories at HI.

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