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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

For People With Mental Illness, the Path to Disability Benefits Can Be Long and Difficult

Public Health Watch
“They just don’t have energy to keep fighting,” says Debora Wagner, work incentives associate at the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, about people with mental health disabilities whose application for disability benefits is denied by the Social Security Administration.
For People With Mental Illness, the Path to Disability Benefits Can Be Long and Difficult

Funding slashed for research on employment barriers for people with autism

WXXI
“This kind of work … satisfies not only the needs of job seekers who are autistic, but really helps the economy,” said Susanne Bruyère, academic director of the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, when commenting on a federal cut to a study on employment barriers for autistic job seekers.
Funding slashed for research on employment barriers for people with autism

Cost of living a major concern for New York workforce

Cornell Chronicle
Now in its fifth year, the 2024-25 New York at Work report draws on ILR expertise, research-based data and policy analysis on a broad range of key issues affecting the state’s workers, unions, communities and employers.
Cost of living a major concern for New York workforce

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

Capitol Building in Albany, NY
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