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              • Bill enjoys his work as a stocker at Sweet Clover Market © Michelle Paya

                Long-term inclusion in the open labour market, state-wide

                 

                Begun in 1983, the programme provides individually tailored support and thoughtful job matches for people with intellectual disabilities. By 2002, Vermont had closed all sheltered workshops. By 2016, 48 per cent of Vermonters receiving developmental disabilities services are employed in the regular workforce and paid at minimum wage or higher.
                University of Vermont, Center on Disability and Community Inclusion, Supported Employment Programme of 1983
Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living, Agency of Human Services, Vermont, USA 
 , United States of America

              • A girl in the front and other children in the back wear headphones, while reading on their pad.

                Tool to improve readability of texts built into mainstream apps and services

                The Immersive Reader uses inclusive design and adjustable features thus allowing improved reading and text decoding, writing, and language learning. The tool is free and built into Microsoft products on web, PC, Mac, iOS and Android. Users are most notably people with dyslexia, visual impairment or autism.
                Microsoft Corporation, Immersive Reader, United States of America

              • A young man is standing in a costumized position surrounded by many large pieces of purple polystyrene and foam. He is wearing protective glasses and sawing one of the pieces.

                Consultancy developing and implementing quality standards in Customized Employment

                Since 2000, Griffin-Hammis Associates has been a leading expert in individual employment training and technical assistance and a pioneer in the creation of micro-enterprises for people with disabilities. GHA has worked in over 40 states in the United States and has supported projects in Australia, Canada, and Spain.
                GHA - Griffin Hammis Associates, Customized Employment in the United States, United States of America

              • This image depicts how Beeline Reader makes written digital content more accessbile using eye guiding color gradients flowing from the end of one line to the beginning of the next.

                Colour schemes that make texts on screens easier to read

                BeeLine Reader, a free web-browser extension developed in the United States, makes texts more readable on a screen, with each line starting with one colour and slowly changing to a second colour. The following line then starts with the same colour. This continuity supports visual tracking.
                BeeLine Reader, BeeLine Reader, United States of America

              • A man stands on a stage at a podium. Beside him is a long table with four men and two women sitting at it. Facing the stage another man sits at a table with papers in front of him and a microphone.

                Government-level initiative to promote inclusive employment policies

                 

                The State Exchange on Employment & Disability is an initiative to help state and local governments take measures to integrate people with disabilities. Support is provided through intermediary organizations. Between 2015 and 2020 more than 300 integration policies were adopted by 42 US states and two territories.
                US Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), State Exchange on Employment & Disability (SEED), United States of America

              • A global and free platform for creating and sharing assistive technologies

                TOM Global connects engineers and caregivers to develop assistive tech. Operating in 35+ countries, it offers solutions 99% cheaper, with 62 campuses innovating in assistive devices and distributed manufacturing.
                Reut USA, TOM Global, United States of America