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JAN is one of several ODEP technical assistance centers. JAN facilitates the employment and retention of workers with disabilities by providing employers, employment providers, people with disabilities, their family members, and other interested parties with information on job accommodations, entrepreneurship, and related
Job carving happens when individuals analyze duties performed in given jobs and identify specific tasks within those existing positions that individuals with disabilities can accomplish. Jobs carved for individuals may be formed either by editing one existing job or by mixing tasks from multiple jobs to create new positions.
Supported employment was developed in the United States in the 1970s as part of both vocational rehabilitation (VR) services (e.g., NYS Office of Vocational Services, 1978) and the advocacy for long term services and supports (LTSS) for individuals with significant disabilities in competitive job placements in integrated settings (e.g., businesses, offices, manufacturing facilities).
The response to their disclosure or request for accommodations is often, “The job still needs to get done, and if you can’t do the job at this level, we will have to go in another direction ...
Meanwhile, allowing individuals with disabilities to work at home is one type of reasonable accommodation, which the Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers with 15 or more employees to ...
“Special minimum wages expand employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities to work and broaden options to transition to other types of employment,” eight Republican members of ...