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 Brown Bag Series

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This multi-media training series will provide you with an overview of  different disability topics.  At the end of each session, we have included resources and links for additional information on this topic.

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35:15

Topic: Telecommuting and People with Disabilities   (Free Demo of our Webcast Presentations)*

Presenter: Debra Ruh, C.E.O. TecAccess,
discusses telecommuting and her company, TecAccess.  Over 75% of the staff at TecAccess are people with disabilities. Learn more about this innovative telecommuting company as Ms. Ruh describes how TecAccess has used technology to make the company more efficient. Employees share their telecommuting success stories as part of this presentation.

Transcript - Text 


* Learn about our upcoming online training opportunities, visit CyberU .

Additional Resources - 

Profiles of Teleworkers with Disabilities, Michael D. West, PhD
http://www.worksupport.com/Text/topics/telecoml.htm

Think Ability & Employment Through Telecommuting  (PDF)
http://www.worksupport.com/Topics/downloads/tappingtalent-2.pdf

Helpful Links -

TecAccess
http://www.tecaccess.net/

AT&T telework webguide
http://www.att.com/telework/

Interagency Telework/Telecommuting Site
http://www.telework.gov/

Telework Association
http://www.tca.org.uk/

Midwest Insititue for Telecommuting Education (MITE)
http://www.mite.org/

Telecommuting: Telework and Alternative Officing
http://www.gilgordon.com/resources/howto.htm

International Telework Association & Council (ITAC)
http://www.telecommute.org/

The American Telecommuting Association
http://www.knowledgetree.com/ata.html


Previous Brown Bag Seminars

Photo of Connie Ferrell

Work Incentives Associated with Medical Insurance Coverage
Connie Ferrell is a consultant and trainer providing information on employment and inclusion for people with disabilities.

Susan Omara

SSI and Work Incentives - 1619b
Susan O'Mara is the Technical Assistance Associate with the Virginia Commonwealth University Project Office

Laurie Ford

Employment & Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities
Laurie Ford, Dir. for Community Rehab Training at the Center for Continuing Ed in Rehab (CCER), WWU

Paul Wehman

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Return to Work - Case Study
Dr. Paul Wehman, Professor, VCU & Director of the RRTC on Workplace Supports

don shrey

Disability Management Best Practices
Don Shrey, Ph.D., C.R.C. is the President of Advanced Transitions, Inc. an international consulting business

photo lex frieden

Investing in People Through Technology
Lex Frieden, Sr VP,  Institute for Rehabilitation & Research, Houston,TX
 

Supported Employment Best Practices
Dr. Paul Wehman, Professor, VCU & Director of the RRTC on Workplace Supports

Self Determination
Wendy Wood, Associate Professor, UNC
Larry Cooper, Self-Advocate

Photo Ken McGill

Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act 
Ken McGill

 


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