Accommodation Resources: Work-Based Learning

DO-IT Publications

Access to the Future: Preparing College Students With Disabilities for Careers
AccessCAREERS Projects: Increasing Career Success for People with Disabilities
An Accommodation Model
Equal Access: Universal Design of Career Services
Finding Gold: Hiring the Best and the Brightest
It's Your Career: Work-Based Learning Opportunities for College Students With Disabilities
Learn and Earn: Supporting Teens
Learn and Earn: Tips for Teens
Preparing for a Career: An Online Tutorial

Access to Technology in the Workplace: In Our Own Words

2014, 2004

Employees with disabilities share how accessible technology benefits them in the workplace.
Finding Gold: Hiring the Best and the Brightest

2011, 1998

Employers in cooperative education, internship, and other work-based learning programs show how to fully include participants with disabilities.
It's Your Career

2011, 1997

College students with disabilities tell about the value of work-based learning experiences and how to get these opportunities.
Learn and Earn: Supporting Teens

2001

Parents, teachers, and mentors encourage teens with disabilities to participate in work-based learning experiences to more effectively promote them for young people with disabilities.
Learn and Earn: Tips for Teens

2001

Students with disabilities show how they benefit from work-based learning experiences.

JAN (Job Accommodation Network)

Legal information, specific job accommodations, and information links on disability and employment.
Office of Disability Employment Policy
Project Hired

Employment resources for people with disabilities including a mentor program, temporary employment opportunities, and access to corporate training.

A Work-Based Learning Menu: A Promising Practice in Recruiting Employer Partners
Are there electronic mentoring programs for students with disabilities?
Disability Mentoring Day: A Promising Practice in Promoting Career Exploration
How can parents, family members, and mentors help young people with disabilities prepare for careers?
How can students with disabilities gain work experience while in high school or college?
James and Work-Based Learning: A Case Study in Accommodating a Student who is Deaf
Research to Practice: A Promising Practice in Work-Based Learning
What advice can be given to teens as they prepare for careers?
What are steps to a computing career?
What are the legal issues related to making career services offices and employment opportunities accessible to students with disabilities?
What can students do to improve their chances of finding employment after college?
What is AccessSTEM CAREERS?
What is the AccessComputing Team and how can I join?
What is the DO-IT Scholars program and how do I apply?
What job preparation supports might benefit young people with mental health issues?
What resources can help students with disabilities locate internships and other work-based experiences?
What steps do teens with disabilities take to STEM careers?
Why should students with disabilities participate in work-based learning?