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HoCo Community Chat - October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month
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Segment 1: What does it mean to work and live with a disability in our community?
DCRS Director and host Jackie Scott discusses what it means to work with a disability from both an employee and employer perspective with the co-owner of Anegada Delights, Elizabeth Vanterpool, and her employee, Sam Ottenstein. The three expand on what it means to be in the workforce working and living with a disability.
Segment 2: Impacts on the community and positive benefits for businesses.
Jackie ties two more guests into the conversation, the administrator of our Office of Disability Services, Karen Booth; and our Administrator of our American Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordination, Michelle Henry. Together the group discusses the benefits of bringing people with disabilities into the workforce and the opportunities that partnerships with business can bring.
Key topics:
Topic #1 - National Disability Employment Awareness Month [0:58]
Topic #2 - Welcome from Jackie Scott [2:40]
Topic #3 - Guest Introduction [3:20]
Topic #4 - Giving people with disabilities opportunities in the workforce [6:30]
Topic #5 - The ARC of Howard County [7:30]
Topic #6 - The advantages to hiring people with disabilities [12:55]
Topic #7 - Office of Disability Services on impacts in the community [16:40]
Topic #8 - The challenges that come with being a person with disabilities in the workforce [19:30]
Topic #9 - Advice for people with disabilities [20:40]
Topic #10 - Advice for employers on hiring people with disabilities [21:16]
Topic #11 - ServSafe Course and Certification [23:45]
Topic #12 - Main takeaways on people with disabilities in the workforce [26:05]
Resources:
- Harvard Business Review Article: Disability as a Source of Competitive Advantage (hbr.org)
- Department of Community Resources and Services
- Office on ADA Coordination: (410)-313-6431
- Office on Disabilities Services: (410)-313-0363
- HoCo Community Chat
- Visit Anegada Delights, 9861 Broken Land Pkwy. Ste 151, Columbia, MD 21046 www.anegadadelights.com
Visit us at www.howardcountymd.gov/hococommunitychat, and follow us @hococommunity on Facebook, Instagram, X, Youtube, and Nextdoor.
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