A growing number of employers are changing their hiring practices to focus on the skill sets a company needs for particular positions rather t…
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The Colorado Institute for Social Impact is expanding its efforts to promote social entrepreneurship to other communities throughout the natio…
Throughout her decades-long career leading independent living centers, Patricia Yeager has fought to change public perceptions and empower tho…
As disability employment advocates broaden their focus from merely awareness to inclusion, equal pay has moved to the forefront of public discussion. Kayla McKeon, a Capitol Hill disability employment lobbyist who has Down syndrome, talked about her work on the Transitioning to Integrated and Meaningful Employment Act during the Oct. 1 Employer Disability Awareness Forum […]
Colorado Springs appealed to Daniel Ratcliff because of its career opportunities, but he stays because of the city’s intertwined country and urban lifestyles. And now he’s afraid that small-city vibe is disappearing. “The city is growing tremendously,” he said. “I wouldn’t want to see the more rural vibe go away, [but] it looks like it’s […]
For the staff at the Independence Center, it’s all about never seeing their clients again. That’s because their mission is to teach the disabled to be more self-sufficient, preferably completely independent, no matter what their disability might be. In the current economic climate, that effort takes more effort than ever before, and so the group […]
