[Nfbf-l] Fw: Employment Webinar

[Joe Minichiello]

Maybe some one could check this out.
Joe Minichiello, Second Vice President
National Federation of the Blind of Florida
President, Greater Jacksonville Chapter 
904-608-0105
jbmini at comcast.net
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FYI  Refer to the following information provided by Dawn.



New Disability Status Report
 

Cornell University's Employment and Disability Institute (EDI) will host a free online webinar on March 17th from 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT to present the findings of the 2008 Disability Status Report. The free webinar will explore recently released 2008 American Community Survey (ACS) data related to disability and employment, education, poverty, household income and labor earnings.

 

WHO: Cornell University's Employment and Disability Institute

WHAT: Free Online Webinar on Disability Statistics

WHEN: March 17th from 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT

WHY: Cornell University researchers will present the latest information and issues associated with disability statistics and the circumstances that people with disabilities face.

WHERE: To register for this free webinar, please go to:

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/disabilitystatistics/ 

 

Significant changes were made to the 2008 ACS survey, including a completely new set of disability questions. These important changes will be discussed, along with several new topics, including health insurance coverage and veterans service-connected disability-rating.

 

Cornell research found that in 2008, 39.5 percent of working-age (21-64) people with disabilities were employed, compared with the 79.9 percent of people without disabilities. Moreover, researchers found that 25.3 percent of working-age Americans with disabilities lived in poverty, compared to

9.6 percent of those without disabilities. These dramatic discrepancies are longstanding and continue to separate Americans with disabilities from their peers without disabilities. The relevance of these statistics to the process of developing and maintaining policies that relate to people with disabilities in the United States cannot be overstated.

 

The Employment and Disability Institute at the Cornell University ILR School has been funded in this effort by the U.S. Department of Education National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) (Grant No.

H1338B980038) for a Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Demographics and Statistics