Employment

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Alliance for Full Participation
The Alliance for Full Participation works to increase employment opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). The following videos tell stories of integrated employment for people with I/DD. These short stories can be success stories, job searches in progress, or stories about a job that didn’t work out. We are looking for videos and stories from people with intellectual and developmental disabilities; employers; direct support providers; family members; co-workers—all those who have an employment story to share. The AFP YouTube channel is located link is http://www.youtube.com/user/RealJobsAFP

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Disability Rights Florida
Disability Rights Florida is the designated protection and advocacy system for individuals with disabilities in the State of Florida. Their mission is to advance the quality of life, dignity, equality, self-determination, and freedom of choice of persons with disabilities through collaboration, education, advocacy, as well as legal and legislative strategies.

Disability Rights Florida has created a new resource for students with disabilities in their teens. The toolkit, Preparing for Your Successful Transition to Adulthood, gives students with disabilities, their supporters, families, care team, and school staff the resources they need to prepare for adulthood and unlock their potential for a great future. 

• Students with Disabilities: School and Work: This site provides information and resources to assist students in special education and their supports to understand the IDEA federal law, how to apply it and when to apply it. This program assists students as they work to acquire the vocational skills they will need to live and work within their respective communities. Additionally, the program assists students with planning for how those skills will be acquired. There are many ideas, services, and technologies for people with disabilities and planning can put them within reach.
• Title I – Employment: Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits discrimination in the workplace. Title I has been designed to address and remove barriers to employment so individuals with disabilities can enjoy the same employment opportunities as people without disabilities. A qualified individual with a disability has a right to engage in America’s workforce free of discrimination by businesses with 15 or more employees.
• Transition: Life is full of transitions. A high school student getting ready to go out into the world as a young adult is one of the more notable moments that occur in life. When the student has a disability, it’s especially helpful to plan for that transition. Disability Rights Florida provides a wide array of resources that help ensure students with disabilities are prepared to achieve success in post-secondary education and with future employment opportunities.

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The Florida Abilities Work Web Portal
The Florida Abilities Work portal in the Employ Florida Marketplace was created to meet the needs of Florida employers who wish to hire qualified job seekers with disabilities who are trying to find that next great job.