- YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES:
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What WILL you do?
- Work is an important part of people’s lives. It means more than just getting paid. It means being able to make your own choices about how you want to live your life.
- At work, it’s what people can do that matters. If you are a young person with a disability, only you can decide your limits. You can work in a wide variety of jobs and play an important role in America’s economy. In fact, experience with a disability can help in a job or in starting a business. Today more than ever, businesses need people who can think differently about how to solve problems and get the job done. People with disabilities do this in America’s workplaces every day – and so can you. So set your sights high! Along the way, remember that resources are available to help you seek employment, succeed on the job, and understand your right to be judged on your ability, not disability.
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Tell us what you WILL do! - If you are a young person with a disability, we’d like to hear from you!
- Please take a moment to share your career aspirations. By doing so, you will help increase employer awareness about the many ways today’s youth plan to be tomorrow’s leaders and will encourage others to dream big!
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I WILL...
david
St. Louis, MO
- I'm a blind student who is a senior at a state school for the blind. I've been very active in sports at my school-track, goalball, and wrestling. I have a chance to be on the wrestling squad for the 2012 Paraolympics in London. I also want to be a PE teacher.
Michael
Chesapeake, VA
- I feel so blessed to be working after being unemployed for the past 2 (1/2) years. This is the career I'd always wanted to do after I graduated from college in 2007. It took so long. I've also become a long distance runner pushing kids with disabilities in the little running strollers.
Michael
Chesapeake, VA
- Hi, My name is Michael I am legally blind and this year I got my first full time job as a Contract Specialist with the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth hospital in Virginia. I won a national award through the National Industries for the Blind at their conference in Cincinnati, OH, for this position.
Katherine
Anaheim, CA
- I want to be a teacher - I have a BA and MA and I am ready to go! All I need now is the job! My disability is purely physical, but I can overcome the pain and the limits it puts on my body to be able to educate the next generation.
Carolanne
Philadelphia, PA