Poverty Reduction Strategy Initiatives For Persons with Disabilities

Summary

The Poverty Reduction Strategy includes initiatives for persons with disabilities that can help them successfully pursue sustainable employment.

Wage Subsidy for Persons with Disabilities:

targeted towards persons with disabilities receiving client management services by Advanced Education and Skills
encourage private sector employers to employ persons with disabilities

Supports to Employment for Persons with Disabilities:

responds to the disability related support needs of adults with disabilities who wish to participate in or maintain employment
includes work place accommodations, work place adaptation, assistive devices such as hearing aids, visual scanners, readers, technical equipment, assistive technology such as computer aides or software which can be used by persons with disabilities to aid in getting and maintaining employment.

Internships to Promote Technology for Persons with Disabilities

partnership with the Independent Living Resource Centre
an Internship Program in computer technology for 10 persons with disabilities.
interns will acquire skills in the area of adaptive technology and how technology can be used to respond to the related support needs of adults with disabilities who wish to prepare for, participate in or maintain employment.
Interns will support individuals with disabilities in a number of locations throughout the province and Labrador through the use of technology and virtual offices.
Independent Living Resource Centre - The Independent Living (IL) Internship Program

School to work transition supports for Persons with Developmental Disabilities

enables the provision of necessary supports to assist students with developmental disabilities in accessing summer/after school work opportunities to ease the transition from secondary school to work or post secondary training.