Can you work as a disabled person while maintaining your 1. Supplemental Security Income or 2. Social Security Disability Insurance? Can you be self-employed? 1. Yes. 2. Yes… but it is a bit tricky…. Alison Hayes launched Thriving While Disabled in 2018. Her primary goal is to help other disabled people understand and navigate the…
“COVID-19 is accentuating pre-existing structural disadvantages and inequalities. Although employment levels and income have rebounded for individuals and households who were more advantaged prior to the pandemic, this is not the case for lower income households and less advantaged groups. Many continue to remain insecure with fears of falling off an income cliff. We not…
In the U.S., only 42% of working-age individuals with visual disabilities are employed – and many are underemployed in low-wage jobs. And that’s just one example of what’s known as the disability employment gap.
Marisol Carmona has a unique perspective on disability employment: as a social worker with deep background in disability awareness training, she not only supports the Career Launch @ Perkins program, she also recently went through her own job search before landing a position as a Job Developer and Instructor at The IRIS Network in Portland, Maine. Another relevant detail: she’s visually impaired.
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