EmployAble: A World Without Barriers has a newly updated website,
www.hawaii.edu/employable, and several online surveys about employment
for people with disabilities,
http://www.cds.hawaii.edu/employable/survey/. The Second Life
component of the project is still under construction, but is due to be
launched early in 2013.
EmployAble is a model virtual reality employment orientation and
support center using Second Life as a platform to provide training,
networking, mentoring and employment resources for people with
disabilities and employers. One group that the project will target,
Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury, often have difficulty finding
and maintaining employment due to the complex nature of their
disabilities. EmployAble is the first such center of its kind, and
will serve as a model for future centers aimed at increasing the
employment rate of persons with disabilities.
EmployAble is a project of the Center on Disability Studies at the
University of Hawaii at Manoa, in partnership with Virtual Ability and
Abilicorp, and funded by the Kessler Foundation
(www.kesslerfoundation.org). EmployAble is guided by a belief that
through a combination of technological innovation and collaboration
with employers, representatives of the disability community, and
people with disabilities (PWD), a practical and sustainable employment
tool can be created.
Please take a moment to check out the updated website and fill out a
survey. If you would like to speak to someone directly about the
project, please contact Thomas Conway, Project Director, at
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Megan A. Conway, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Managing Editor, Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal
Co-PI, EmployAble: A World Without Barriers
Phone: 808-956-6166 Fax: 808-956-7878 Email: [log in to unmask]
Office Location: University Annex 1, Room 4 (next to Wist Hall)
Mailing Address: Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii at
Manoa, 1410 Lower Campus Road 171F, Honolulu, HI 96822-2313
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