Press Release Announcing Workforce Innovation Opportunities Act Advisory Committee: Karen McCulloh

Congratulations to Karen McCulloh, NOND Founder. Appointed to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Advisory Committee. Visit www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/odep/ODEP20142331.htm for more information.

Donna Smith: Disability Services Counselor Making a Difference

Donna Glass Smith is a Disability Services Counselor at Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA). She is assigned to the Medical Education Campus in Springfield, Virginia. With…read more

EEOC Settles with Hospital that Refused Job Accommodation for Nurse with Cancer

Angel Medical Center to Pay $85,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has settled a disability discrimination lawsuit with Angel…read more

Standardized Patients with Disabilities’ Perceptions of Working with Undergraduate Nursing Students

APHA 2014 Poster Presentation Suzanne C. Smeltzer, RN, EdD, FAAN, College of Nursing, Villanova University, Villanova, PA Bette Mariani, PhD, RN , College of Nursing, Villanova…read more

Disability Rights and Accommodations: Setting A Standard of Care

APHA 2014 Poster Presentation Tanya Friese, DNP(c), RN, CNL, Department of Community, Systems, and Mental Health Nursing, Rush University College of Nursing, Chicago, IL Shelia Dugan,…read more

For people with disabilities, doctors are not always healers

Washington Post It was midnight in the emergency department of my hospital, and the chief resident was on a roll. Clad in green scrubs —…read more

Sarah Hein: Nursing Student Making a Difference

Sarah Hein is a nursing student at University of Detroit Mercy. She is in the accelerated BSN/RN program (second degree option). Sarah has a severe to…read more

LearnHowToBecome.org

LearnHowToBecome.org, recently published a new guide to nursing careers and degree programs. The guide begins with a comprehensive view of the larger nursing landscape, and…read more

Meeting the Demands of an Expanding Health Care Workforce

If you’ve ever seen the “Because” public service announcement from the Office of Disability Employment Policy, you’ve seen Kayla Woolridge swim. While filming the PSA,…read more

Think College

ThinkCollege.net Think College is a national organization dedicated to developing, expanding, and improving inclusive higher education options for people with intellectual disability. With a commitment…read more