by Dan DeMarle | Apr 1, 2022 | Transition, Vocational training
SUNY Microcredentials for In-Demand Job Fields (attachment) Governor Hochul announced the expansion of SUNY microcredentials to provide more educational opportunities for adult learners and to help close the skills gap.Microcredentials are short, focused credentials...
by Dan DeMarle | Jan 12, 2022 | Employment, Intellectual Disability, Transition
RALEIGH 321 Coffee — a cafe and roaster that exclusively hires people with intellectual and developmental disabilities — is launching an expanded partnership with Pendo to service the software company’s new in-office coffee bar when it opens in early 2022. Pendo will...
by Dan DeMarle | Dec 22, 2021 | Disability, Transition
Several different programs in Aberdeen are helping students get the skills they need to have a full-time job. Project Skills and Project SEARCH are two of the programs available to help students with disabilities get the tools they need through work...
by Dan DeMarle | Nov 26, 2021 | College, Transition
In 2017, the idea of attending college made Alayna Edwards, a high school senior living in Nashville, TN, feel somewhat apprehensive. Having been diagnosed as autistic, she wondered how successful she would be taking classes on a university campus. Then one afternoon...
by Dan DeMarle | Oct 15, 2021 | Disability, Transition
The way 25-year-old Essence Guss of Pomona describes growing up captures the way many young people feel about the transition. “Being an adult is hard,” she said. But along with the typical challenges of “adulating” as millennials often call it, like working and paying...
by Dan DeMarle | Sep 20, 2021 | Disability, Employment, Transition
The LEAD Center webinar on “Financial Well-Being for Individuals with Disabilities During the Pandemic and Beyond” is now available for viewing. The webinar reviewed the online financial toolkit developed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee...
