CURRENT INTERNET RELATED WORK INCENTIVE RESOURCES FOR PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES
v.2/99
by Steve Rodoletz
(If you have found information you think should be included please contact Steve so
that accurate updating and expanded listings can grow with your input. Thank you.)
We have collected employment resources so that you may learn more
and thereby be empowered with knowledge.
We’ve arranged each with the contact information we currently have
for them as well as a brief description. Most also contain their own resource lists, and
we recommend that you take advantage of them. Our mission here was not so much to
reproduce the fine efforts of many other disability groups, but to focus the Work
Incentive searches towards known areas of value.
Omission from this first edition in no way implies or indicates fault
on the part of those working to see persons with disabilities better employed. Indeed,
some 325,000 potential net contacts proved just a bit too much.
HOW TO ACCESS WORLD WIDE WEB SITES AND LIST SERVES
One may type in the URL (universal resource location, the http things) for any of the
websites and by hitting “enter” go there (type it exactly). Or highlight the URL
and copy/paste it into the URL location within your browser’s window, then hit enter.
There is even a method within Apple’s OS8 (Apple Internet Detectors) that allows one
to highlight the URL from any document and ask to go there. We have tried to include the
specific instructions necessary to join list serves. But some are limited in their
membership size and we cannot guarantee you’ll get right in. Your ISP (internet
service provider) has the technical knowhow to open communications between your browser
and any newsgroups. Don’t be spooked by opening up these contacts, they’re there
because they want to hear from you. Good reading!
To speed up your inquiries, we are providing these four quick references before the main
listings section:
1. To get announcements, updates, and action alerts...
Subscribe to the National Work Incentives Listserve.
To subscribe - send an e-mail to: <listman@ucpa.org>
There should be no subject line, and the body of the
message should read: join wkincnet “your e-mail
address”. (Example: join wkincnet alainep@uclind.edu)
2. To access written materials about work incentive
reform, including information about
current work
incentive provisions, analyses of legislative
proposals,
and discussions of proposal cost issues... see the
VCU
(Virginia Commonwealth University) web page at:
http://www.vcu.edu/busweb/esi/
3. If you’d like to get involved in a national grassroots
organizing campaign on this issue... please send your
name,
address, phone, e-mail address (if available), fax,
and a
brief description of your backround, skills, and what
you’re
interested in doing to:
Bryon MacDonald
Center for Independent
Living
436 14th Street, Suite
218
Oakland, CA 94612
4. You don't need to buy Internet access to use free
e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at
http://www.juno.com
Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
http://www.radix.net/~ccd/
employment is but one of the many issues
highlighted here
disABILITY Information and Resources
http://www.eskimo.com/~jlubin/disabled.html
an enormously site rich with information and
addresses
THE DISABILITY RIGHTS ACTIVIST
http://www.teleport.com/~abarhydt/
excellent areas of interest
THE DISABILITY RIGHTS ACTIVIST - RESEARCH THE ISSUES
http://www.teleport.com/~abarhydt/dr-issues.html
a particularly powerful area of the DISABILITY
RIGHTS ACTIVIST
we want to insure you discover this
Disability, Work and Social Security Benefits Listserve
SSAWORK-L@handinet.org.
strong, uncensored discourse on PASS and Work
Incentives
send a message to the SSAWORK address and an
email
requesting inclusion to: Warren King <warking@handinet.org>
employment support institute, ESI
http://www.vcu.edu/busweb/esi/index.html
reports, commentary and still more resources
under “Partners”.
particularly rich analyses of the costing out
of various proposals
and the debate over these financial
assumptions.
GAO Home Page
http://www.gao.gov/
General Accounting Office, where all those
reports come from
ILUSA - Main Page
http://www.ilusa.com/main.html
Independent Living USA, what an ILC can do;
many subjects and
issues including employment.
Justice for All
http://www.igc.apc.org/NADDC/index5.htm
national grassroots organization provides
updates on what's
happening in Congress on issues of
importance to people with
disabilities. To subscribe, send a
message with blank subject line
to: JFA. In the body of the message
write: subscribe justice (your
email address). Previous JFA Alerts can
also be downloaded.
Macintosh/Apple Computer's Disability Connection
http://www.apple.com/education/k12/disability/
Apple’s full assortment of disability
services
MAP (Macintosh Access Passport)
http://17.254.3.40/MAP/IntroMAP
interactive searching for Assistive Technology
devices
Master the Maze: A User's Guide to Work Incentives
http://www.teleport.com/~enygma/mazemaster.shtml
long developed, well respected, bountiful
reports and invaluable
instructions.
Nandi's Internet Digest -- INFO RESOURCES
JEANNANDI@aol.com
a massive and detailed listing of sites and
email contacts.
Scroll down through the subjects of interest
and find the
addresses you can use
National Council on Disability Economic Empowerment Page
http://www.smart.net/~ncd/
independent federal agency, lots of
“how-to...” , well
organized. This Web site, maintained by
NCD's Jamal Mazrui, is a
treasure chest of information related to
federal disability
employment policies. Text versions of
every related
report and proposal soon after it is
issued. Visit often if
you want to keep up to date on federal
initiatives. An even easier
way to stay updated is to have Jamal
email you new materials as
he finds them. Send him email at 74444.1076@compuserve.com
with NCD Info List as the subject, and
request to receive his info
emails.
National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives
http://www.nosscr.org/index.html
these folks should be current on everchanging
regulations
Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. (NLS)
http://www.nls.org/nlsmaing.htm
a not-for-profit agency located in Buffalo, New
York. NLS
provides free legal services to persons
with low-income and
persons with disabilities.
The Networker and Texas PASS Network
The Networker is not actually a Web site.
Daniel Scarborough,
who started and runs the TPN, collects
comments and
periodically mails the collection to
Networker/TPN participants.
To join the network, send an e-mail
message to Daniel at:
dgscar@mail.utexas.edu
telling him that you want to participate.
Small Business Administration
http://www.uncle-sam.com/sba.html
all the information all that money has
researched
Social Security Advisory Board
Margaret S. Malone, Staff Director
Social Security Advisory Board
400 Virginia Avenue, SW, Suite 625
Washington, DC 20024
202-475-7700
202-475-7715 fax
Social Security Disability Home Page
http://www.ssa.gov/odhome/odhome.htm
SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance) News Group
alt.government.ssdi.benefits
information, tips, experiences, FAQs, and
stories about SSDI.
Steven S. Palmer <sputers@gte.net>
Social Security Red Book on Work Incentives
http://www.empowermentzone.com/ss_incen.txt
much of the calculating starts with these
equations, a must read
* The following individuals have indicated their
willingness to be included in this preliminary listing:
Barbara Knowlen - Barrier Breakers (PASS writing and training)
bbreaker@skypoint.com
(315) 821-2460
4239 Camp Road
Oriskany Falls, NY 13425
Barbara has spent years developing a PASS
writing manual that
goes a very long way towards decrypting
the PASS morass. She
has written hundreds of individual PASSs,
trained the PASS
Cadre and counseled national
organizations on Work Incentives
at a number of conferences dedicated to
that ideal. Barb is
based in Minneapolis.
Scott A. Lay - PASS and Work Incentives (see...”Master the Maze” )
http://www.teleport.com/~enygma/mazemaster.shtml
Scott has been acknowledged as an expert on
Work Incentives
for many years as well. His site explains
and compares SSI/SSDI,
particularly as they relate to working.
John W. Olson - Benefits counseling and PASS Services
mckay@mhtc.net
John is currently working for the Southern
Service Center for Independent
Living in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. His work is
concerned with ADA issues,
generally public accomodations T-3. John is
also a member of the board of
directors of a Community Action Program for
SouthWest Wisconsin, on the
board of Madison Wheelchair Athletics, and a
member of the Governor's Committee
for People with Disabilities.
[This list was developed by the NCIL subcommittee on Work Incentives and SSA] v.2/99