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- Links to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Affirmative Action, and Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) information.
- Disability Links
- Diversity Links
- Links to diversity resources and organizations sorted by topic area.
- Recruitment Links
- An extensive list of Internet sites to help you recruit a diverse pool of applicants for any position or program.
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- Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Assistive Technology
- Business Resources
- Employment
- Legal Resources
- Miscellaneous
- People with Disabilities
- Web Accessibility
- Wisconsin laws
- Accommodations
- Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
JAN is a free consulting service that provides information about job accommodations, the ADA, and the employability of people with disabilities.
- PantherCom: Remote Access Communication Project
PantherCom is a new remote interpreting and captioning service, provided through the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Deaf/Hard of Hearing Program.
- Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports and Job Retention
The purpose of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports and Job Retention is to identify factors that enhance or inhibit businesses from tapping into a pool of potential employees. Let us be your gateway to information, resources, and services regarding the employment of people with disabilities.
- Research and Training Center
The purpose of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports and Job Retention is to identify factors that enhance or inhibit businesses from tapping into a pool of potential employees. We offer information, resources, and services regarding the employment of people with disabilities.
- Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Great Lakes ADA and IT Center
Technical assistance center
- NIOSH Publication
Asthma Among Household Youth on Minority Farm Operations
- New NIOSH Publication
Injuries to Youth on Minority Farm Operation
- Online ADA course
The "ADA Basic Building Blocks" is an introductory webcourse on the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).
The course content is self-paced. Upon completion of the course, the participant is eligible to earn a certificate and one continuing education unit (CEU).
- Assistive Technology
- Access IT
AccessIT promotes the use of electronic and information technology (E&IT) for students and employees with disabilities in educational institutions at all academic levels. This Web site features the AccessIT Knowledge Base, a searchable, growing database of questions and answers regarding accessible E&IT.
- Closing the Gap
Closing The Gap, Inc. is a company that focuses on computer technology for people with special needs.
Through our newspaper, annual conference, and new on-line service "Solutions", Closing The Gap provides practical up-to-date information on assistive technology products, procedures, and best practices
- Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative
The Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative is a statewide project funded by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to help all school districts develop or improve their assistive technology services.
- Business Resources
- ADA Business Connection
This is a Department of Justice site targeted specifically to businesses. It includes ADA Publications, ADA Business Briefs, Design Standards, and ADA Regulations.
- National Business and Disability Council
NBDC provides a full range of services to assist corporations in successfully integrating people with disabilities into the workplace and marketplace. Its services include a national resume database, an audio/visual library, customized training, and an information hot-line.
- PantherCom: Remote Access Communication Project
PantherCom is a new remote interpreting and captioning service, provided through the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Deaf/Hard of Hearing Program.
- Employment
- Research and Training Center
The purpose of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports and Job Retention is to identify factors that enhance or inhibit businesses from tapping into a pool of potential employees. We offer information, resources, and services regarding the employment of people with disabilities.
- The Small Business and Self-Employment Service
The SBSES is a service of the Office of Disability Employment Policy of the U.S. Department of Labor which provides information, counseling, and referrals about self-employment and small business ownership opportunities for people with disabilities.
- Legal Resources
- AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin
ARCW provides aggressive HIV prevention; training and education; access to comprehensive services for people affected by HIV disease; clinical research on HIV treatment and HIV advocacy through nine statewide offices.
- AIDS network
Provides free and low-cost legal services to low-income people living with HIV/AIDS.
- National Employment Lawyers Association
NELA is the country's only professional organization that is exclusively comprised of lawyers who represent individual employees in cases involving employment discrimination, wrongful termination, employee benefits, and other employment related matters.
- Wisconsin State Bar
Resources for Wisconsin attorneys and the public.
- Wisconsin State Bar, State and Federal Legal Resources
Includes links to various state and federal legal resources.
- Miscellaneous
- The disability history museum
The Disability History Museum's mission is to promote understanding about the historical experience of people with disabilities by recovering, chronicling, and interpreting their stories. Its goal is to help foster a deeper understanding of disability and to dispel lingering myths, assumptions, and stereotypes by examining these cultural legacies.
- Wisconsin Independent Living Centers
An independent living center (ILC) is a consumer-directed, non-profit organization that provides an array of services, including: peer support, information and referral, independent living skills training, advocacy, community education, personal care and service coordination.
- People with Disabilities
- ADS Center
The Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma (ADS Center) helps people design, implement and operate programs that reduce discrimination and stigma associated with mental illnesses. With the most up-to-date research and information, the Center helps individuals, organizations and governments counter such discrimination and stigma in the community, in the workplace, and in the media.
- National Disability Sports Alliance
The National Disability Sports Alliance (NDSA) is the
National Coordinating Body for competitive sports for individuals with cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injuries and survivors of stroke. NDSA also provides programming for other physically disabling conditions such as muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis.
- Web Accessibility
- Web Accessibility for All
The Center on Education and Work (CEW) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) seeks to offer a solution to the challenge of insuring electronic accessibility for all.
The three-year program will meld faculty/staff outreach through professional development workshops and online tutorials, create user-friendly Web accessibility analysis, and provide technical assistance to those involved in creating and maintaining Web content.
- Wisconsin laws
- How to file a complaint
Provides the forms necessary to file a complaint based upon a Wisconsin Civil Rights law.
- Wisconsin's Equal Rights Division
Wisconsin's Equal Rights Division's
Civil Rights Bureau's Programs.