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NDEAM Employment Stories Spotlight: Erin Thomson

To celebrate NDEAM, MCD is putting the spotlight on Minnesotans with disabilities seeking employment. Erin Thomson is the owner of RolledClay, a local, online jewelry and accessory shop. Erin talks about the ableism and discrimination she experienced while searching for work and how “showing the world what two disabled hands can do” has led her down a path to success.

Reasonable Accommodations: Your Right in the Workplace

Folks with disabilities have been adapting to a world not built for them for thousands of years. MCD is working to flip this view on its head: a reasonable accommodation adapts a portion of the world to the needs of people with disabilities. Providing employees with the tools and supports they need, regardless of ability level, is just good business. When employees succeed, businesses succeed!

Thanks to the ADA… Employment – ADA 31

Thanks to the ADA, people with disabilities–who possess a multitude of other abilities–have equal access to finding the independence and self-worth afforded by employment.

LGBTQ+ Pride and Disability: Coming Out

Much of the success of the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement came from the millions of LGBTQ+ people who bravely “came out” & affirmed their LGBTQ+ identities to the world. Trevor Turner writes that a “coming out” movement could bring similar success to the disability community.

MCD Recognizes World Autism Awareness Day 2021

MCD is pleased to invite Jillian Nelson as our World Autism Awareness Day guest contributor. Jillian is a Queer autistic advocate from Saint Paul. She is the Community Resource and Policy Advocate for the Autism Society of MN and a member of the Governors Council on Developmental Disabilities, the State Rehabilitation Council, and Co-Chair of the Anti- Discrimination and Intersectionality committee for the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities. Jillian is determined to change the narrative about what autistic people are capable of and what life with autism is like.