Special Issue! Employment Across the Board

At Your Service
Finding/keeping a job, especially the first job, can be a struggle for
anyone. That old “Catch-22”, “you can’t get experience without a
job; you can’t get a job without experience” can be an obstacle for
anyone. This can be especially true for people with disabilities.
Milestones Magazine has “thrown its hat in the ring” towards the
goal of decreasing unemployment among people with disabilities
with this employment-themed issue of the magazine; and with a
section of the website called the Work-Around Registry.
The registry is intended, first and foremost, as a vehicle for
families who have one or more members with a disability (any
type, any degree). They can use the registry for a variety of
reasons, including
1. They would like to hire a person with a disability to do a
needed household chore or errand, such as grocery shopping
or yard work.
2. Their child with a disability is looking for work with flexible,
seasonal, or temporary status.
Some folks (including those with disabilities) are not necessarily
looking to make a lot of money or work a ton of hours in any
given day, week, month, or year. They may feel they risk losing
government benefits (such as with Medicaid waiver programs),
they may have limited hours to devote due to other activities/
priorities in their lives, or they may simply want to try out a
few of what used to be (and may still be) called “odd jobs”.
Whatever their reasons, this registry is (or may be) for them.
Milestones Magazine is planning an online event/presentation
where we can answer your questions (about the registry), and
sign-ups can be accomplished (one-time $25 cost).
Questions, contact Susie Redfern: info@MilestonesMagazine.net.
Please visit the Work-Around Registry online!
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