by admin | Jan 6, 2020 | Benefits
A large healthcare employer in Santa Clarita shared their experience of partnering with Pleasantview Industries, a local organization dedicated to providing work services, supported employment and other support services to help their program participants with...
by admin | Oct 15, 2019 | Benefits
As Disability Employment Month kicks off in the month of October 2019, the theme is “Right Talent, Right Now”. This theme embraces the great strides that have been made for the inclusion of people with disabilities in the workforce and truly celebrates the skills and...
by Mike Flaherty | Sep 13, 2018 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, Benefits, Down Syndrome
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has led many people to believe that the barriers to employment of individuals with disabilities are gone, but unfortunately there are some rules that have hindered progress and discouraged the recipients. The truth is that...
by admin | Sep 13, 2016 | Asperger's Syndrome, Benefits, Down Syndrome
A generation after the Americans with Disabilities Act, states are facing federal demands to rethink their approach to helping disabled people find work. But could the policy shift worsen their prospects? Source: Hidden or Unemployed: America’s Failure to Get...
by admin | Sep 13, 2016 | Benefits, Exercise, Recovery
This former NFL player created a specialty gym to train and rehabilitate disabled veterans. A Starbucks original series. Long-term pain is partially a result of failing to retrain the body to deal with injury. Watch this video to learn how training and...
by admin | Aug 29, 2016 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, Benefits
It’s been suggested for some time now that people with Asperger’s Syndrome (As in the character portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in Rainman) are particularly good at certain skills — especially skills that involve intense calculations or near-obsessive concentration for...
