20-250203 – Tuesday Topics – the continuation of our employment exploration.


Tuesday Topics will continue our discussion of employment.
As often happens, we are unable to handle everything we plan for when we get into our Tuesday Topic. on our last program there was lots to learn and lots
to think about and lots that’s worth hearing. I encourage many of you who did not listen to go get our podcast.
Represented on our show was ACB’S Employment Committee and our Government Employees affiliate. We covered what both employment groups are doing but what
we were not able to do is get to the really current element of our discussion. A lot is happening with the Federal government! How will it affect people
with disabilities? What should ACB do about it? We are told that people with disabilities will not be seriously affected. Many do not believe this! We
will explore what is going on. We will consider the future of employment for people with disabilities. In addition to looking at Federal employment, we
will consider employment at the state and local level. Has that been altered by the new rule concerning title Ii of the Americans with Disabilities Act
that went into effect last April? I think there is still more to be said about how we can work with Vocational Rehabilitation. We will have some new members
of the employment committee who were not a part of our first show and Patrick Sheehan will be back to represent Government Employees!