Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission- Know Your Rights
The Duty To Accomodate - From the National educational Association of Disabled Students, in- depth resource on the duty to accommodate. Employers must accommodate their employees with disabilities and cannot discriminate against persons with disabilities.
WorkInk - Job posting site specifically for people with disabilities. Developed by the Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work
Searchable Online Accommodation Resource - From the Job Accommodation Network. This resource allows you to search by limitation, work functions, disabilities and to learn about a given disability and offers suggestions for how that disability can be accommodated in the workplace. This is targeted towards employers, however may be helpful for people with disabilities to use when requesting accommodations from their employer, or if they are interested in seeing what kind of accommodations may be available.
TEAMwork cooperative Deaf Client Specialist
Easter Seals NS New Leaf Training Program - provides an opportunity for Nova Scotians with disabilities to acquire workplace and entrepreneurship skills
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Professionals - includes lots of articles by and for deaf people and their families around professional issues (ie, ACCESSIBILITY STRATEGIES FOR DEAF / HARD OF HEARING PEOPLE IN REMOTE MEETINGS)
CNIB Work Programs for Those with Sight Loss - Includes “come to work” program matching people with sight loss with employers, “the venture zone” for those with sight loss looking to work for themselves and the Connecting the Dots conference: Canada's largest educational and professional development experience focused on braille, technology and employment for people who are blind or partially sighted.
