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Highlights

The Long-Lasting Impact of Thomas P. Golden

The impact that former Yang-Tan Institute Executive Director Thomas P. Golden made is felt every day in communities across the United States through the lives of his former students.
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The Long-Lasting Impact of Thomas P. Golden

OPEN DOORS partnership assists with message against gun violence

OPEN DOORS gives voice to its members, allowing them to tell their embodied stories to spread awareness of how gun violence can impact lives.
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OPEN DOORS partnership assists with message against gun violence

WIP-C™ credentialing program impacts thousands of lives

As a trained work incentive practitioner, Milton Johnson assists people with disabilities with managing benefits while returning to work and gaining financial independence
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WIP-C™ credentialing program impacts thousands of lives

In the News

Labor Department Moves to End Disability Hiring Goal for Federal Contractors

Mother Jones
Sarah von Schrader, director of research and program evaluation at the Yang-Tan Institute in the ILR School, comments on a proposed rule from the Department of Labor to end a required disability hiring goal for federal contractors.
Labor Department Moves to End Disability Hiring Goal for Federal Contractors

Employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities is #Solvable

The Rockefeller Foundation
Susanne Bruyère shares how engaging businesses can help to identify, reach, train, and support disabled populations who may have been previously overlooked to empower talent and provide them with employment opportunities.
Employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities is #Solvable

Cornell Keynotes Podcast: Neurodiversity Inclusion Policies and Practices at Work

Cornell Chronicle
In an episode of the Cornell Keynotes podcast from eCornell, Susanne Bruyère, academic director of the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, discusses the growing number of corporate affirmative hiring programs to recruit individuals who are neurodivergent.
Cornell Keynotes Podcast: Neurodiversity Inclusion Policies and Practices at Work

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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