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Accomodation, disability advocacy, inclusion, Training
December 13, 2022
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Why It’s Important to Support Career Advancement for Workers with Disabilities

When a person with a disability is given the opportunity to learn, grow, and succeed, they make valuable contributions to their companies, their families and their communities. As an employer, it’s important to support career advancement for workers with disabilities. You can do this by promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Unintentionally denying career […]

Bona Fide Conglomerate Praises AbilityOne for Wage Reform

This Press Release Originally Appeared on Newswire.com HERE SAN DIEGO, September 19, 2022 (Newswire.com) – Bona Fide Conglomerate, a registered non-profit agency providing jobs for people with severe disabilities, commends the AbilityOne program for its recent decision to end the use of subminimum wages in their federal contracts. The AbilityOne Program is one of the largest employment sources […]

AbilityOne, disability advocacy, Training
July 11, 2022
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What is the AbilityOne Program?

The AbilityOne Program is a federal program that employs individuals with severe disabilities. This program creates and sells fair market products to Government agencies. It does this through participating independent nonprofit organizations. AbilityOne began as the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act, a federal law passed in 1971. This law requires all Federal agencies to purchase specified supplies and […]

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accommodation, disability advocacy, workplace
June 22, 2022
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Why We Need Disability Advocacy

Have you ever had a person stand up for you? Perhaps you were the victim of a misunderstanding and a friend or coworker explained the truth. Maybe you were being mistreated at work or school and someone stepped in to defend you. We all face challenges and misunderstandings at one time or another. When we […]

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accommodation, disability advocacy, inclusion
June 1, 2022
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Understanding and Action: How to be a Disability Advocate

Many people do not get the support they require. For people with disabilities, even accomplishing daily tasks can be very challenging. This can make everyday life more complicated, and as a society, we have more work to do. At Bona Fide Conglomerate, we know that everyone has unique abilities. However, people with disabilities often face […]

9 Tips to Keep People with Disabilities Safe on the Job

This article originally appeared on the Sunrise Medical Live Quickie Blog Millions of people with physical or mental disabilities in the United States need to work in order to support themselves and their families. They might have difficulties performing some tasks that able-bodied people would not, but they still deserve a safe workplace. This article […]