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About the Yang-Tan Institute

For over 60 years, the K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Institute on Employment and Disability in the Cornell University ILR School has conducted a unique combination of research and outreach. With a mission of advancing the inclusion and full participation of people with disabilities in the workplace and community, our research, training, and technical resources expand knowledge about disability inclusion, leading to meaningful change.

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Our Work

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Our Areas of Focus

Benefits planning

School-to-work transition

Disability inclusion at work

Systems-based work & collaboration

Emerging work & innovation

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Learn from YTI’s experts to improve your knowledge and gain practical skills in benefits planning and employment services for people with disabilities. Earn professional credentials and certificates though a wide variety of courses and classes, both in-person and virtually.

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Reducing Interview Anxiety for Autistic Applicants

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YTI research shows that to reduce the challenges of job searching, autistic applicants should rehearse socially appropriate responses and practice answering interview questions about teamwork with examples from previous experiences.
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Reducing Interview Anxiety for Autistic Applicants

Medicaid HR1 Work Rules Create Concerns for People with Disabilities

The new Medicaid HR1 work rules have created concerns for thousands of people with disabilities who rely on Medicaid to work, live in the community and manage complex health needs.
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Medicaid HR1 Work Rules Create Concerns for People with Disabilities

Disability Compounds Employment Woes for People with Criminal Records, and Vice Versa

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Justice-impacted individuals with disabilities are considerably less likely to be employed than people with disabilities who have not interacted with the criminal justice system, according to Yang-Tan Institute research.
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Disability Compounds Employment Woes for People with Criminal Records, and Vice Versa

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Business Engagement Strategies to Advance Employment First

Strategies to engage businesses to hire people with disabilities

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Business Engagement Strategies to Advance Employment First

Strengthening the Tech Workforce Through Apprenticeships, Skills-Based Hiring, and Disability Employment

How employers are expanding access to tech careers and preparing disabled workers for success

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Strengthening the Tech Workforce Through Apprenticeships, Skills-Based Hiring, and Disability Employment

Ethical Use of AI in Vocational Rehabilitation: Balancing Human Connection and Technology

This training explores the effective and ethical use of AI in vocational rehabilitation. Participants will learn practical applications, limitations, and potential pitfalls of AI, while examining ethical considerations through the CRCC Code of Ethics to support responsible and effective service delivery. CRC Ethics and CVE credits available.
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Surviving Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs): How to Keep Title II Disability Benefits During Work and Medical Reviews

This webinar explains work and medical CDRs, including when they occur, required forms and documents, SGA determinations, and medical review standards. It also covers work incentives that may allow an individual to temporarily keep Title 2 disability benefits after medical improvement, and how to prepare a person to use them.

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Practical Strategies for Ethical and Diplomatic Case Documentation

This training will explore what the current CRCC Code of Professional Ethics has to say about professional and ethical documentation and examine how documentation practices can support ethical decision-making and professionalism. CRC Ethics and CVE credits have been approved for this training.

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Ethical Use of AI in Vocational Rehabilitation: Balancing Human Connection and Technology

This training explores the effective and ethical use of AI in vocational rehabilitation. Participants will learn practical applications, limitations, and potential pitfalls of AI, while examining ethical considerations through the CRCC Code of Ethics to support responsible and effective service delivery. CRC Ethics and CVE credits available.
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Section 301: Sometimes It’s Not Even Over When It’s Over

Although it’s temporary, Section 301 can be used to continue benefits long enough for an individual to acquire additional work skills and find alternatives to benefits, such as employment and other ways to get medical insurance.
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Leveraging Families to Support Successful and Ethical Youth Services: Enlisting Partners to Facilitate Employment Outcomes

Attendees will learn ethical strategies for managing competing interests to maximize youth outcomes and facilitate meaningful and beneficial familial involvement. CRC Ethics and CVE credits have been approved for this training.
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Benefits Planning for Veterans-VET-C

Learn to counsel Veterans with disabilities about returning to work.

Dates for sessions will be posted as soon as they are available.

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Benefits Planning for Transition-Aged Youth-YOUTH-C

Learn to counsel youth with disabilities to use work incentives as a tool for establishing careers.

Dates for sessions will be posted as soon as they are available.

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It’s not possible to determine what somebody can achieve based on some disability or diversity characteristic that they have. Everyone has a right to participate in society to the best of their ability.
– WENDY STROBEL GOWER, THOMAS P. GOLDEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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