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Highlights

ILR grad and legislator makes disability a priority

A disability-related class taught by YTI faculty inspired Josh Lafazan to make accessibility improvements on Long Island.
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ILR grad and legislator makes disability a priority

PROMISE program delivers to students with disabilities

After participating in PROMISE, Capri is applying to college and planning a career.
Student, Capri, with Case Manager, Mia
PROMISE program delivers to students with disabilities

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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