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YTI Awarded Field-Initiated Research Grants

News about three field-initiated research grants that YIT was recently awarded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
Wendy Strobel Gower
YTI Awarded Field-Initiated Research Grants

Working Together Emphasized at YTI Conference

Hosted by the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, the conference Working Together: Advancing Disability Inclusion in NYS Workplaces brought together leaders, providers, educators, and self-advocates for presentations and conversations.
Susanne Bruyere, speaking at the Working Together conference
Working Together Emphasized at YTI Conference

DisabilityStatistics.org Offers Visualization and Local Data

For those who need data about disability, the revamped DisabilityStatistics.org website offers a wide range of information. A Feb. 26 webinar will introduce new data and features.
Screenshot of Disability Statistics Home page shows the tagline "Disability stats your way". It also shows an athlete doing a sqat. The athlete has a prosthetic leg.
DisabilityStatistics.org Offers Visualization and Local Data

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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