[blindlaw] Seeking Submissions

[Susan Kelly]

Apologies for a not completely on-topic response, but I am coming up empty searching the lists.  Is there an equivalent group for State and Local government employees?  At least on the local / county level here in Southern Arizona (and from what I have heard, other areas of this state and neighboring states), lip service is paid to the ADA and Rehab Act, but that tends to be the general extent of things, particularly where assistive technology is involved.  Wondering what is available to us in the same idea as that for the federal employees.

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Subject: [blindlaw] Seeking Submissions

>From the Desk of the Secretary of Fed. Employees with Disabilities

 

 

Friends:

 

I do hope this finds you well. As my colleagues and I do our best to add amplification to the movement for it is time for the next generation of leaders to emerge, we are hopeful of having regular outreach to the community. This note provides information on the E-news of Federal Employees with Disabilities and your opportunity to contribute.

 

 

E-News: My colleague Tiffany and I seek brief policy blog-based style articles for the Fed. Employees with Disabilities E-News. Find some generalized notes as contained below.

Ø  The goal will include publication on a monthly basis.

Ø  Submit a 250 to 500 word piece if you want on a relevant concern involving equal access to employment in the federal workplace or on issues related therewith, such as access to training. Longer pieces will certainly be considered. That penned, we want "quick" digestible hits.

Ø Content should, when possible, be flexible enough as to be transmitted or conveyed by way of a range of cross-mediated or trans-mediated platforms, including, the social media of Federal Employees. As such, your piece should also include a brief encapsulated sense of your piece that can be transmitted via Tweet-based messaging.

Ø The goal for the E-News will include involving newer voices on disability policy.

 

 

Value: The organization will attempt to share the candy; addressing the abysmal employment numbers (which also means, as a health lawyer by specific trade, a severe impact on health of the disabled overall) in the private and in the public sector. As such, we hope you will join the organization. And if you are a member, will become involved. I will, in a future missive, provide updates on some ways you may become involved.

 

 

If you have questions, telephone or otherwise text me at (410) 241-6745 <tel:%28410%29%20241-6745> .

 

Sincerely,

Gary C. Norman, Esq. L.L.M.

Secretary

 

 

 

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