ILR faculty and staff receive major award for disability research
April 5 2007
ILR School Employment and Disability Institute (EDI) faculty and staff were awarded second place in the 2006 American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA) Research Awards competition, for their article entitled "The Impact of Business Size on Employer ADA Response" appearing in a 2006 issue of the Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin. The EDI team honored for their work are Susanne Bruyère, EDI director and ILR associate dean of outreach; William Erickson, research specialist; and Sara VanLooy, project assistant. Bruyère accepted the award at ARCA's recent annual conference in Detroit.
The award-winning article detailed results from a Cornell University EDI survey of human resource professionals nationally, examining how small-business employers are responding to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Small businesses continue to be the most rapidly growing segment of our national economy and are a significant, potential source of employment for American job seekers with disabilities.
This EDI research has been supported by funding to Cornell University from the U.S. Department of Education National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. A full copy of the article is available in the EDI collection of the DigitalCommons@ILR online repository.
