Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month November is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness Month. It is a time to raise awareness of the more than 12.5 million people in America living with COPD. Callie Eastman of Sioux Falls is successfully employed as a cashier at Walmart and has COPD. She was diagnosed 20 years ago. Callie …
Successful NDEAM Events Emily Shuman, Director of the Rocky Mountain ADA Center in Colorado, provided three excellent presentations in Sioux Falls and Harrisburg October 16-18 to celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). We partnered with the Sioux Empire Society for Human Resource Management to present, “Disability Etiquette and Service Animals”. The Sioux Falls Young Professionals …
Employment Disability Resources and National Disability Employment Awareness Month were featured on KELO TV this week. The link to the article and video are on the Keloland website.
by Holly Wessels, PHR, CPDM If your work world is anything like mine, you probably know a lot of acronyms. As a Disability Specialist, my days consist of ADAAA, FMLA, WC, DOL, EEOC, SHRM, JAN, and EAP. (There will be a test at the end.) And occasionally a ROTFL is thrown in there! But recently, …
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Year-Round Employer Strategies for Advancing Disability Inclusion National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) activities don’t have to occur in October only. NDEAM also offers an opportunity to launch year-round activities that highlight the importance of including disability in all of your organization’s diversity endeavors. Doing so delivers numerous internal and external benefits to employers. Employment Disability Resources …
By Peter Klein, EDR Board of Directors Over the last number of years, I have learned of friends and family affected by suicide and witnessed the heartache left. June 22nd, 2021, I was personally affected by suicide. Nobody can prepare you for the empty feeling on wondering why, how you didn’t see it coming, and …
Augie Access Most students who are enrolled in Augie Access live on campus, where there is a wide variety of living options. Students in the program work toward independent living. They often participate in campus activities based on their own interests and preferences as well. The program offers research-based self-determination/self-advocacy strategies to develop and achieve …
Mychelle Garrigan presents her reasons for serving on the Employment Disability Resources Marketing Committee. Video Transcript Hi, my name is Mychelle Garrigan, and I’m a volunteer with Employment Disability Resources on the Marketing Committee. Why I became a volunteer is disability issues has always been something of great interest to me. Years and years ago …
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by Mychelle Garrigan, EDR Volunteer As a business owner, it can be confusing understanding the regulations around service animals and what access they have to public spaces. It’s important to know what the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) says about service animals and be sure your staff and volunteers are trained to follow these regulations. …
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Pat Herman presents her reasons for serving on the Employment Disability Resources Board of Directors. Video Transcript: Hi, my name is Pat Herman and I am a special projects planner at the Center for Disabilities, which is part of USD in Sioux Falls. I’ve been a member of the EDR board for over five years. …
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