Hello everyone,
Are you a student with a disability preparing to go into the workforce? Do you have a relative or friend who has a disability; minor or major? Are you an employer looking to hire talented employees? Are you a disabled person who is successfully working? Are you interested in volunteering some of your time to make a Differnce in the life’s of others, helping your community or employers in your area?
If any of the above sound like something you are interested in; or fits your situation I think you will be interested to know in the United States Disability Mentoring Day is October 17, 2007.
What is Disability Mentoring Day(DMD) from DMD web page.
Job Shadowing and Hands-On Career Exploration
Empowering Students and Job Seekers
Promoting a Diverse Workplace
Recruiting New Talent
International Efforts
In addition to helping Disability Mentoring Day to take root in all 50 states and all US territories, AAPD is pleased to lead in international efforts to
help transplant DMD around the world.
DMD Participating Nations and DMD Coordinators
http://www.dmd-aapd.org/docs/international.php
Do any of you have any plans to attend any Disability Mentoring Day events? Is your company planning on holding events for this day? If you have attended such events in past how did you like it; what did it mean to you; how did it help you?
To learn more about Disability Mentoring Day and get access to many related resources look on below URL.
http://www.dmd-aapd.org/
We would all love to hear how you are connected with Disability Mentoring Day.
Bill Tipton
Contributing Author
Global Dialogue Center
http://www.globaldialoguecenter.com/
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