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Highlights

Bruyère Educates Saudi Officials on Disability Rights

Susanne Bruyère, a disability rights activist who has spent her career researching and advocating for policy change around inclusive hiring, recently assisted Saudi Arabia’s efforts to promote disability rights.
Susanne Bruyère give a presentation in Saudi Arabia.
Bruyère Educates Saudi Officials on Disability Rights

Predicting Success for Students with Autism

Researchers at the Yang-Tan Institute have identified “predictors of success” for high schoolers with autism. These experiences correlate with success in postsecondary education, employment and independent living.
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Predicting Success for Students with Autism

Matt Saleh Asks Questions, Spurs Impact

Matt is fascinated by the law and its relationship to disability and criminal justice. He is an energetic teacher and researcher in Cornell University’s ILR School, and he has taken on roles involving equity in employment.
Matt Saleh smiles thoughtfully while looking directly at the camera and sitting on a couch in front of a window.
Matt Saleh Asks Questions, Spurs Impact

In the News

Governor Hochul Launches Fifth Annual New York State Disability Rights And Employment Awareness Month (DREAM) Symposium

LongIsland.com
“YTI loves working with the Office of the Chief Disability Officer on the DREAM Symposium. It is a great celebration of what people with disabilities bring to the workforce in New York State,” says Wendy Strobel Gower, executive director of ILR’s Yang-Tan Institute, commenting on the Albany-based event.
Governor Hochul Launches Fifth Annual New York State Disability Rights And Employment Awareness Month (DREAM) Symposium

Trump rolls back federal hiring rules. Are disabled workers at risk?

USA Today
“We know people would like to work. We’ve been confirming that for ages. And many people are qualified, but they get stopped at the door,” says Susanne Bruyère, academic director of ILR’s Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, discussing research about people with disabilities and employment.
Trump rolls back federal hiring rules. Are disabled workers at risk?

Pessimism, Cost of Living Are on the Rise, New York at Work Report Finds

Cornell Chronicle
Studying two decades of data collected through the Empire State Poll, researchers have found that the cost of living dominates respondents’ key concerns, eclipsing other priorities, such as the environment.
Pessimism, Cost of Living Are on the Rise, New York at Work Report Finds

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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