Job Seekers
Looking for a successful career? Then check no further with our great resources and tips from advocates with disabilities from around the State of Indiana.
Monthly Featured Blog Posts
Disability Rights
Each month guest writers and disability advocates discuss specific topics important to job seekers with disabilities. Read what these great minds have to say and find helpful tips to earn the career you deserve.
Job Seeker Resource Center
Benefits
If you get disability benefits and are working or looking for work, we have good news for you. Social Security’s work incentives and Ticket to Work programs can help.
Check out our benefits resources page to learn more.
Transportation
Access to transportation allows people with disabilities important opportunities in education, employment, healthcare, housing, and participation in community life.
Check out our transportation resources page to learn more.
Housing
If you are looking for accessible and affordable housing, there are a variety of federal, state, and local housing programs that can help you.
Check out our housing resources page to learn more.
Rights
This is a brief introduction to standard disability employment rights. This guide is for informational purposes only and is not legal advice. For questions about your personal employment situation or legal issue, consult an attorney.
Check out our rights resources page to learn more.
Accommodation
If you are looking for resources and helpful tips or services for navigating accommodations at a workplace and while seeking employment, this is the page for you.
Check out our accommodation resources page to learn more.
“Talent with disabilities make the workplace better.”
— Luke Labas, Project Manager, Indianapolis Office of Disability Affairs
FAQs
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the nation's primary disability nondiscrimination law. One part, Title I, addresses employment, while other parts address issues such as state and local government services and employment, public accommodations, transportation and telecommunications. In 2008, the ADA was amended and thus is referred as the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act (ADAAA) in certain contexts.
For broad information on the ADA, visit the U.S. Department of Justice's ADA website.
Where can I access employers who have had successful experiences hiring people with disabilities?
A good place to learn about private employers with a good track record of hiring and retaining people with disabilities is Disability:IN. This non-profit organization works to promote workplaces, as well as marketplaces and supply chains, that are inclusive of people with disabilities and serves as the collective voice for state and local affiliates representing more than 5,000 businesses across the country.
The Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN) provides a series of employer success stories on its website.
FAQs Continued…
Please visit the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) page for more FAQs, including general, individual, or employer-directed questions.
National Disability Employment Awareness Month marks one of the most important times of the year for WTI. Work to Include team members participated in a month-long observance in October to raise awareness of the many resources and types of jobs employees with various disabilities hold in the workforce.