National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Vaughan

National Disability Employment Awareness Month, (October) is being established to increase the awareness of the positive outcomes of hiring persons with disabilities in Canada.

Canada lags behind the United States with disability initiatives but 16% of our working population is living with a disability. Bob Santos of Link Up Employment Services for Persons with Disabilities, has initiated the creation of NDEAM Canada to share, like NDEAM in the U.S., information among employers about hiring persons with disabilities. There will also be information about social services suppliers, like LinkUp, and employee success stories to illustrate the benefits to individuals, companies and society when abilities become the focus—and not disabilities.