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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Timony, James (DCPL) [mailto:James.Timony@dc.gov] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 11, 2013 10:04 AM<br><b>To:</b> Timony, James (DCPL)<br><b>Subject:</b> January 19th Saturday Technology Training Session starts of Spring Employment Series<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The DC Public Library Adaptive Technology Program sponsors a series of employment-related Saturday Technology Training Sessions this spring at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. These events will include presentations and discussion on the topic of disability employment as well as the opportunity to network with a group of service providers, agency representatives and successful role models in our community. Saturday Technology Training Sessions are held on the first and third Saturday afternoons if each month, from 1:00PM to 4:00PM in room 215, Adaptive Services, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library at 901 G Street NW, Washington DC, 20001.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The first event of the season will be held on Saturday January 19th, starting at 1PM and will feature presentations by: Judy Dixon from the National Library Service, on Braille Literacy and employment; Tony Paschal from DC Rehabilitation Services, on the path to employment and a proposed Job Club that will be held regularly at the library this spring; and Daman Wandke, Section 508 Program Analyst at the Federal Housing Finance Agency, who will talk about his personal successes and challenges finding employment in the Federal Government.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please stay tuned for information on future sessions. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Some of the topics covered at the different presentations this spring will include:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Schedule A Hiring Authority, which enables people with disabilities to be brought into the federal government non-competitively. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Information on employment-related civil rights laws.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Assessment tools that will help you decide your career path such as the Myers-Briggs test<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Federal government benefits such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Information on how to start a business of your own.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Job accomodation resources and possibilities.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Some links to national level disability employment resources are below:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>USAJOBS (<a href="http://www.usajobs.gov/">http://www.usajobs.gov/</a>) is the official job site of the Federal Government. It is a one stop source for Federal jobs and employment information. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Social Security Administration (SSA) (<a href="http://www.ssa.gov">http://www.ssa.gov</a>) manages the social insurance program, consisting of retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) (<a href="http://www.dol.gov/odep/">http://www.dol.gov/odep/</a>) provides national leadership by developing and influencing disability related employment policy and practices that affect people with disabilities. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Job Accommodation Network (JAN) (<a href="http://askjan.org/">http://askjan.org/</a>) is a free consulting service of ODEP operated by West Virginia University providing individualized worksite accommodation solutions, technical assistance regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and information about self employment options.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for your interest,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Patrick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>James Patrick Timony<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Librarian, Adaptive Technology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>DC Public Library<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>202-727-1335<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Support the DC One Fund Campaign, Each One Give One. </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Learn more at </span><span style='color:red'><a href="http://www.dconefund.org"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>www.dconefund.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> or </span><span style='color:red'><a href="http://www.onefund.dc.gov"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>www.onefund.dc.gov</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>. 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