National Council on Independent Living

The Home Usability Peer Network is Back! The Home Usability Peer Network is a community of peer support and resource sharing to build the capacity of Centers for Independent Living to address housing and home usability issues. The Network will connect CILs from across the country to share resources, lessons learned and provide peer support to help in our shared mission of community living. Read more: https://bit.ly/3NOrabi Image: Home Usability Peer Network Logo: A green house icon surrounds black text.

MEDIA REQUEST NPR is looking for individuals with disabilities who have been employed in remote work since the COVID-19 pandemic, but have since lost a job or are facing loss of a job due to an employer’s return-to-office mandate. Please contact Scott Neuman at sneuman@npr.org or text at 786-327-9337.

In the fall of 2021, a diverse group gathered in Collinsville, Illinois to discuss an idea: to build a program that would place high school seniors with disabilities in Registered Apprenticeships. In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (#NDEAM), check out this employment success story, highlighting participants in an apprenticeship program and how the initiative is helping to create access to good jobs for all, including people with disabilities (#PWDs). #GoodJobs bit.ly/4eBdbS7 Image: Keshawn Thomas, a Black man wearing glasses, applying paint to a wooden board while on the job.

Are you ready to take action to help end subminimum wage? Keep reading to find out how you can make sure the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA) passes this year! Read more: https://bit.ly/3A9IIf2 Image: End Subminimum Wage logo. A circular image with a deep purple background. Lowercase, centered text says "end subminimum wage." The letters in "end sub" are in white and "minimum wage" are in yellow.

United States law gives people with disabilities the right to get help when voting. Go to the polls with support and vote with confidence. #RightToHelp #VoteTogether”   Follow National Coalition on Accessible Voting for more information.   Image: Need a helping hand when you vote? You have the right to one. #RightToHelp Graphic: Two hands hold a ballot box with a check mark. National Coalition on Accessible Voting Logo: NCAV.

Meet Yaw Appiadu, Executive Director of the Harlem Independent Living Center. Yaw has been named a rising star of city politics and government by City & State New York, as part of their 2024 NYC 40 Under 40 list. Yaw will co-chair NCIL's BIPOC under 40 Leadership Group! Read more: https://bit.ly/4eeGN73

Jensen Caraballo: The Misguided Compassion of Assisted Suicide in Disability https://lnkd.in/gPiW_MEx

#GoodJobs William Lumpkin, a person with a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), recently landed a job in a carpentry apprenticeship and shared his story as the keynote speaker at the Rehabilitation Act’s 50th Anniversary Celebration with the @DepartmentOfLabor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (#NDEAM), check out this Good Jobs Initiative (GJI) success story highlighting how William benefited from a program that provides credentialing and professional development training. bit.ly/4dz0TIJ #GoodJobs Image: William Lumpkin, a Black man with a white goatee, smiling for the camera while wearing a hard hat and goggles on a construction site.

Webinar: ABLE Accounts and Employment 101! October 30, 2024; 1:00 p.m. Eastern Register for ABLE Account and Employment 101: https://bit.ly/403xwLq Join NCIL and the ABLE National Resource Center for a webinar for people with disabilities to learn more about the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act and ABLE accounts. ABLE accounts can help qualified individuals with disabilities to save money in a tax-exempt account without affecting most federally-funded benefits that are based on need. In this webinar, the ABLE National Resource Center will provide information on ABLE accounts, how they can be used to support your employment journey, eligibility requirements, and new and exciting updates in the ABLE Age Adjustment Act. Learn more about the ABLE National Resource Center at: ablenrc.org. Target Audience: Everyone! Persons with disabilities, including people living with paralysis, disability advocates, employers, and family members of persons with disabilities. ASL and CART will be provided. To request additional accommodations or to ask questions, please contact Mary-Kate: mary-kate@ncil.org NEW DATES: Employment Resource Hub Peer Calls Register for the Employment Resource Hub Peer Calls: https://bit.ly/3UCF6tq We have updated the dates and times of the three remaining Employment Resource Hub Peer Calls.   Systems Advocacy and Employment Peer Call: October 29, 2024; 2:00 p.m. Eastern Assistive Technology: November 12, 2024; 2:00 p.m. Eastern NCIL’s Employment Resource Hub Tutorial: December 10, 2024; 2:00 p.m. Eastern These trainings are part of NCIL’s Employment Resource Hub and Peer Network Project with the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. Image: Employment Resource Hub and Peer Network Logo - Graphic features a coral colored dot.

Atmos: Hurricane Milton Confirmed What Disabled Citizens Feared Most https://bit.ly/3U6K1BY