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Don’t Get Passed Over – How to Communicate Your Disability Needs at Work

As a worker with a disability, it’s important to effectively communicate your needs in order to succeed. It’s unrealistic to expect your coworkers or managers to recognize them. If you’re not effective in communicating your needs, you can put yourself at risk of being passed over for promotions and other opportunities. In other words, one […]
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What’s the Difference Between a Disability, Handicap and Impairment?

A person with a disability, handicap or impairment may have a physical, mental, or developmental condition that may limit their ability to participate in various aspects of life. While these terms may be used interchangeably in some cases, it is important to understand the subtle differences between them, as well as the potential implications and […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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