Ellen Watters

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  Ellen commented on the article | over 2 years ago

  62% of Disabled Unemployed

  I agree that something needs to be done about the issue regarding people with disabilities finding work. I also have a disability, a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) so issues that invovle people with disabilities interest me greatly. I actually speak on behalf of the Brain Injury Association of Minnesota, trying to raise awareness about my specific disability and what I went through. This semester at the college I attend I am taking an Argumentation class. Our semester project is to put together an argument on how the U.S. can decrease poverty. While some in my class are focusing on things like WIC, I am focusing on the fact that people with disabilities are "the largest minority group in poverty". Through my reasearch I have learned a great deal more than I expected. I have found a lot of services and programs that I had never heard of. For instance, a service that is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor called the Employee Referral Assistance Network (EARN) which is a service that "puts employers in touch with qualified candidates who also happen to have a disability." I think in order for us to be able to help ourselves we need to know about the resources available to us. This post is not meant to attack anyone, I am just another concerned American with a disability. I hope that once I graduate from college I will be able to find a job that will use the skills I have aquired in the past 5 years. Thanks!