DALTON, Ga. — In Whitfield County, it isn’t unusual to see individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities volunteering at the local food bank or participating in other community ...

KELAB Sokongan Pekerjaan Autisme (SEA Club) welcomed visitors to its annual charity bazaar, an event aimed at raising public ...

(Editor's note: This story originally appeared in "Work Is Recovery: True stories of real people who benefit from Supported Employment, the evidence-based practice," a booklet which was published in ...

Thank you for the recent article on supported employment programs available for people with mental illness (Monitor, 11/28). I’m thankful that the Concord Monitor features topics that reflect the ...

During National Disability Employment Awareness Month this October, it’s important to recognize that the work of creating inclusive employment opportunities isn’t done in isolation. Washington ...

Supported employment is more effective than prevocational training at helping people with severe mental illness to obtain and keep competitive employment (a job paid at the market rate, and for which ...

The primary purpose of this study was to improve our understanding of who gets referred to evidence-based Supported Employment (SE) services and what characteristics predict entry into competitive ...

The Children's Services Council of Broward County proudly funds the Supported Training and Employment Program (STEP) in Broward County for youth ages 16-21. STEP is year-round and offers development ...

Barriers exist at every turn for people with disabilities, but as this week's cover story shows, there is now more understanding of what people CAN do rather than what they can not. This week’s cover ...

October 8, 2007 — A program of supported employment was more effective than vocational training for patients with severe mental illness, in a randomized controlled trial in 6 European countries. Over ...

Twenty years ago, the Clarke family took their son Ryan along to his first day of work. "We were probably more nervous than him," Ryan's dad, Gerry Clarke, said. "Ryan adapts well to most things. He ...