Employment for individuals with disabilities is receiving a much needed boost from an unlikely source; DEMOGRAPHIC REALITY. With the huge group of Baby Boomers just now beginning their slide into the "Golden Years", companies of all sizes will start to notice the ever growing number of empty positions within their walls. Many have already begun to feel the pinch and are looking at the huge, untapped supply of individuals with intellectual, cognitive and physical disabilities as a possible replacement source.
This demographic event has arrived just as many in the advocacy world are developing new and successful methods for preparing those same individuals for employability and, ultimately, self sufficiency. With a little luck and a lot more work from educators', service providers', benefit administrators' and employers', we could be on the brink of a new paradigm that screams "disabled doesn't mean unable".
Two great sites to catch much of the new information, go to DisabilityInfo.Gov and ODEP
