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New Disability Benefits at Work Website

A new free website explains work incentives that assist people who receive government disability benefits with moving ahead in their careers.
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New Disability Benefits at Work Website

Career Successes Inspire at YTI

After a decade of training supported employment specialists in New York, the Yang-Tan Institute shares some successes and looks to the future.
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Career Successes Inspire at YTI

ADA Anniversary a Reminder about Disability in the Workplace

The Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability shares tips related to the ADA, approaching its 33rd anniversary.
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ADA Anniversary a Reminder about Disability in the Workplace

In the News

Pictured Rocks opens accessibility feedback for trails, waterfalls and campgrounds

Yahoo News
Disability Statistics, a website created by the Northeast ADA Center – which is housed within ILR’s Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability – is referenced in this article about accessibility at Pictured Rocks National Lake Shore, in Michigan. [Syndicated from MLive]
Pictured Rocks opens accessibility feedback for trails, waterfalls and campgrounds

Cornell expert urges New York lawmakers to strengthen workplace protections for people with disabilities

FingerLakes1.com
“Without strong federal enforcement, New Yorkers with disabilities are at greater risk of exclusion,” said Wendy Strobel Gower, executive director of ILR’s Yang-Tan Institute, as part of her May 6 testimony to the New York Senate Standing Committee on Disabilities and the Senate Standing Committee on Labor.
Cornell expert urges New York lawmakers to strengthen workplace protections for people with disabilities

As more workers request accommodations, how should workplaces react?

Fortune
Susanne Bruyère, academic director of the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, discusses how prominent companies are adapting hiring practices to support neurodivergent employees.
As more workers request accommodations, how should workplaces react?

In New York State

YTI Works for New York State

Partnering with state agencies, policymakers, and communities across New York state to support efforts to increase employment of people with disabilities

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