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2025 National Disability Employment Awareness Month The 2025 National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) event was held October 15 at the Best Western Plus Ramkota Hotel. This year the event was a part of the South Dakota

Disability Awareness at Work Everyone wants to feel welcome. At home, at your place of worship, in the marketplace. People spend a LOT of time in the workplace. In fact, an average person will spend

May is National Stroke Awareness Month On October 15th, 2022, Nick Kiesow experienced a spinal cord stroke at the T6 level, near the base of the sternum. The stroke left him paralyzed from that point down. Spinal

April is National Parkinson’s Awareness Month Nearly 90,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with Parkinson’s each year. Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder. Symptoms generally develop slowly over years and the progression of symptoms

March is National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Month Michele Snyders was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) on April 4, 2018. She began experiencing weakness in her legs, her foot would drag on the ground after walking

Practical Ideas for Accommodating Individuals with Rheumatoid Arthritis Millions of workers are affected by limitations associated with arthritis. Most of these individuals need very few accommodations. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common type of arthritis

National Mentoring Month by Vicki Stewart January is National Mentoring Month. It is a time to encourage people to become mentors and raise awareness of the positive impact of mentoring. Employment Disability Resources hosted three Mentoring

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) December is HIV/AIDS Awareness Month. You can learn more about accommodating employees in the workplace. About Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), the virus that causes AIDS, is a