Sites Designed to Assist Persons with Disabilities

On this page: Australia • Canada • China - Hong Kong • Spain • United States

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Australia

• Choosing your path
  http://sites.uws.edu.au/rdlo/disclosure/
  This online resource is aimed at students and employees with disabilities, and employers, educators and support services. It provides information on:
  • the options and pathways that persons with disabilities have when deciding to disclose their disability in post-secondary education and employment, and
  • the rights, roles and responsibilities of all parties when deciding about disclosing a disability in post-secondary education and employment.
  The resources on Education and Employment include guidance for all stages of education or career.

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Canada

• WORKink
  http://www.workink.com/
  WORKink is a Virtual Employment Resource Centre for persons with disabilities by the Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work. This resource centre caters for jobseekers, employers and career professionals by providing online articles, tools and services.
  Jobseekers are advised on finding work and on employment programmes for persons with disabilities. An extensive section, YOUTHink, specifically addresses the needs of young jobseekers with disabilities.
  WORKink also offers innovative online services for jobseekers, such as an employment counsellor online (ECO) responding to questions, and the possibility to create an online profile for job applications. Another online feature is Divers.I.T.ink, a recruitment tool that enables employers to post job openings to target qualified jobseekers with disabilities. Divers.I.T.ink also links the employers and career practitioners who work with persons with disabilities.

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China — Hong Kong

• Interactive Selective Placement Service
  http://www.jobs.gov.hk/isps/default.asp?RunMode=English
  This service of the Hong Kong Labour Department is for persons with disabilities. The web site has three zones: general, employer and jobseeker. The jobseeker zone has job search and resumé-building facilities. The general zone has the Employment Resources Corner, which provides the necessary resources and assistance that disabled jobseekers may need in seeking jobs and preparing for job interviews, as well as newsletters and publications.

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Spain

• Discapnet
  http://www.discapnet.es/Discapnet/CAstellano/default.htm, ES
  This web site has comprehensive information, guidance and counselling related to employment and training of persons with disabilities. It includes an electronic employment exchange for workers and entrepreneurs. It has links to sites related to training sources regarding orientation, information, jobs and the training of trainers. It contains information about telework and provides a guide to integrate people with disabilities in this modality. It offers a good practices guide, informing enterprises about the benefits of integrating persons with disabilities.

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United States

• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability
  http://www.ncwd-youth.info/
  The NCWD/Youth web site offers resources for administrators, employers, front-line workers and policy-makers serving persons with disabilities and youth. It includes advice on how to facilitate the career development of young people with disabilities.
  Resources for young people and their families include material on work-based learning programmes, support services, youth development and leadership and preparatory experiences. The preparatory experiences section provides information on:
  • how to learn about one’s interests, strengths and abilities;
  • about informational interviews and their advantages;
  • types of skills needed to find and keep a job; and
  • the role of parents in helping youth prepare for their future.
  The web site contains various online publications and guidelines, promising practices and success stories.