National Resources on Deafness, Hearing Loss, and Employment
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Employment of Deaf People and Working
Employment and working in the deaf community, and in the hearing world.
Website: deafness.about.com/od/employmentandworking
Information on Deafness for
Employers
Website: deafness.about.com/od/employmentandworking/a/employers.htm
Career Choices: Work in Deaf
World or Hearing World?
Website: deafness.about.com/cs/jobfeatures/a/careerchoice.htm
Careers for Hearing People in
Deafness: Deaf-Related Jobs for Hearing People
Website: deafness.about.com/cs/jobfeatures/a/careersdeafness.htm
Deaf and Hard of
Hearing-Owned Businesses
Website: deafness.about.com/cs/deafhohproducts/a/deafhohbusiness.htm
Employment Resources in the
Deaf Community
Website: deafness.about.com/cs/jobfeatures/a/findjobs.htm
Summer Co-ops and
Internships: Getting Work Experience in the Hearing World
Website: deafness.about.com/cs/jobfeatures/a/internships.htm
Job Searching Discrimination:
Job Searching Frustrations of Deaf/HOH
Website: deafness.about.com/cs/jobfeatures/a/jobsearchdisc.htm
Vocational Rehabilitation and
State Agencies: State-Provided Services for the Deaf/HOH
Website: deafness.about.com/od/stateagencies/a/vrstateagencies.htm
Job Hunting-Use an
Interpreter: Interpreter Helps Deaf Job Hunters
Website: deafness.about.com/cs/jobfeatures/a/jobhunting.htm
An Employer/Employee Guidede
From Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG
Bell), this guide lists
communication options, environmental changes, technological accommodations, and
tips for handling special situations.
Website: www.agbell.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?p=Employer_Info
Breaking the Sound Barriers: Employing
People Who are Deaf, Deafened, and Hard of Hearing
From The Canadian Hearing Society.
Website: www.chs.ca/info/es/index.html
Laurent t Clerc National Deaf Education
Center at Gallaudet University
Laws Related to Hiring Workers With Disabilities, Including Hearing Loss
Website: clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/020.html
Jobs and
Careers of
Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
Website: clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/508.html
Literacy in
the Workplace issueue
Fall 2002 issue of the Odyssey journal.
Website: clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Odyssey/Fall2002/index.html
National Association of the Deaf:
Employment Resources
Deaf Federal Workers: The Right to Reasonable Accommodations
Website: www.nad.org/site/pp.asp?c=foINKQMBF&b=137779
Discrimination
and Reasonable Accommodations Under the Americans with Disabilities Act
Website: www.nad.org/site/pp.asp?c=foINKQMBF&b=137740
Employment
Website: www.nad.org/site/pp.asp?c=foINKQMBF&b=99540
Events,
Conferences or Meetingsgs
Website: www.nad.org/site/pp.asp?c=foINKQMBF&b=137666
National Technical Institute of the
Deaf, Center on Employment
This website has information for job
seekers and employers, as well as other resources.
Website: www.ntid.rit.edu/nce
Subject-Based Deaf and Hard of Hearing Internet Resources
This resource page lists articles and Internet resources on a variety of subjects, from the Rochester Institute of Technologies Libraries. The category of Career and Employment Information lists resources according to such categories as Deaf Businesses, Deaf Career and College Publications, Deaf Education Career Resources, Deaf Employment Resources, Deaf Exploration Career Resources, General Career Links and Databases, General Disability Job Links and Databases, and others.
Website: wally.rit.edu/internet/subject/deafness.html
How to
Work with a Deaf Personon
Website: www.ntid.rit.edu/nce/HowToWork.pdf
How to
Interview a Deaf Personon
Website: www.ntid.rit.edu/nce/emp_interview.php
Job
Seeking Tips for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Peoplele
This
website has information on topics such as Communication Strategies,
Networking and Job Fair Tips, Successful Interviewing, Using Relay to
Contact Employers, Explaining Accommodations to Employers, and more.
Website: www.ntid.rit.edu/nce/job_tips.php
PEPnet: Resources for Employers
A list of publications, products, and
online resources for employers of Deaf and Hard of Hearing people.
Website: icc.csun.edu/resources_for_employers.html
The Royal National Institute for Deaf People
This British organization, formed in 1911 as the National Bureau for Promoting
the General Welfare of the Deaf, provides information on various aspects of
deafness and hearing loss, from a different perspective than many American
Internet sites. The RDID mission and vision: "Our vision is a world where
deafness and hearing loss are not barriers to opportunity and fulfilment."
Advice for Job Seekers
Website: www.rnid.org.uk/information_resources/employment/advice_for_job_seekers
Employer Information
Website: www.rnid.org.uk/information_resources/employment/employer_information
Western Region Outreach Center &
Consortia (WROCC) at Western Oregon University
The WROCC at WOU Outreach Site
provides in-service training and technical assistance to personnel at all
institutional levels including faculty, staff and administration in
postsecondary, vocational, technical, adult education, rehabilitation, and
continuing education programs.
Employment Issues Training Materials
This
website lists presentations such as "Defining Communication Access for
Individuals who are Hard of Hearing" and "Beyond Hearing Aids: Job
Accommodations for Individuals who are Hard of Hearing and Late Deafened"
Website: www.wou.edu/education/sped/wrocc/training_employment.htm
Internet
Resource Links Related to Hearing Loss: Employment Linksks
Website: www.wou.edu/education/sped/wrocc/links_postsecondary.htm
Colorado Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
1575 Sherman Street, 2nd Floor . Denver, CO 80203
TTY: 303-866-4734 . Voice: 303-866-4824 . Fax: 303-866-4831
Email: Deaf.Commission@state.co.us . Website: www.ColoradoDeafCommission.Com
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