[Nfbf-l] Fw: Employment Webinar

[Kirk]

Joe, thanks for the information! Your friend, Kirk


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Minichiello" <jbmini at comcast.net>
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Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 4:24 AM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] Fw: Employment Webinar


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
----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 8:43 AM
Subject: FW: Employment Webinar


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






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