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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate A History...

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1776 2014 189518351956 1776: Founding Father Serves Despite Disability

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1782: Improved Amputation

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1784: Institution for Blind Children

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1798: First Military Disability Law

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1801: Education for Mentally Disabled

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1815-17: Formal Deaf Education Begins in U.S.

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1829: Braille Invents the Raised Point Alphabet

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1861-65: American Civil War

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1887: Helen Keller Meets New Tutor

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1907: Eugenic Sterilization Law Spreads

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1918: Funding for Rehabilitation

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1919: Easter Seals, Model Charitable Organization

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1925: Study of Dyslexia

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1927: Compulsory Sterilization Ruled Constitutional

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt Elected President

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1935: Signing of the Social Security Act

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1935: Disability Protests Results in WPA Jobs

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1939: Nazi Program Kills Thousands

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1941: Rosemary Kennedy Institutionalized

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1948: Rusks Theories Become Basis for Rehabilitation Medicine

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1950: Beginning of National Barrier-Free Standards

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1950: ARC Champions Abilities of Mentally Retarded

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1953: Radiation Experiment Conducted w/o Consent

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1961: First Accessibility Standard Published

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1962: Ed Roberts Fights for Admission to University

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1963: Federal Funding Set Aside for Disability Infrastructure Support

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1964: Civil Rights Bill Bypasses Persons with Disabilities

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1968: First International Special Olympics Games

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1968: Act Requires Accessible Buildings

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1970: Educator and Disability Activist

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1973: Public Entities Cant Discriminate

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1974: Inaugural Convention of People First

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1974: Last of the Ugly Laws Repealed

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1975: Law Guarantees Free, Appropriate, Public Education for All Disabled Children

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1975: Staten Islands Willowbrook State School Finally Shuttered

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1977: Disability Demonstrators Occupy Federal Office

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 1978: National Council on Disability Established

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 2000: Genome Project Maps Human DNA Sequence

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 2004: First Disability Pride Parade in Chicago

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 2006: Gallaudet Students Protest New President

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 2006: Gallaudet Students Protest New President

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 2006: 50-State Road-To-Freedom Tour

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 1756 2014 189518351956 2014: Governor Mead signs Employment First Initiative policy

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate Employment First Employment First means expecting, encouraging, providing, creating, and rewarding integrated employment in the general workforce as the FIRST and Preferred option of youth and adults with disabilities APSE Employment First Manifesto

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate Employment First Promotes policies, practices and strategies that focus on integrated, community-based employment as the desired outcome for ALL individuals with disabilities. Guiding principles, practices and strategies are disseminated through state statute, regulation that makes funding for integrated community- based employment a priority

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate Employment First Employment First uses supported employment and customized employment strategies. However, we do not define employment by these strategies. Employment First initiatives center on..

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate Employment First holding individuals with disabilities to the same employment standards, responsibilities, and expectations as any working- age adult APSE Employment First Manifesto

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate Employment First: CORE VALUES Anyone who wants to work can Inclusion Real Work, Real Pay Services are individualized Support of family members, friends and coworkers Choice*, self-determination/direction

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate Categories1960s & 1970s1980s1990s2000s ModelMedicalDevelopmental Community-Based Integration Driven by Individual Characteristics Custodial Treatment Deprivation Continuous, Get Ready Slots Networking, Civil Rights, Relationships, Natural Supports Choice, Self- Determination, Economic Power Society RolePatientClientConsumer, Customer Social Inclusion Social Expectations Citizenship Employment Isolation No Work Work Activity Segregation Work Activity Sheltered Workshops Supported Integration Supported Employment Enclaves/Crews Inclusion Competitive Employment ResidentialInstitutionGroup Living Supported Living Integration Home Ownership Community Inclusion

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate B People First Language Understand effective & respectful support strategies

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate Visual Hearing Cognitive Speech Mobility

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate A CTIVE LISTENING is critical to effective communication with ANYONE. DONT ASSUME A PERSON WITH ANY KIND OF DISABILITY NEEDS OR WANTS YOUR HELP.

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate C Group Option Placements Enclave Mobile Work Crew Dispersed Group or Cluster Entrepreneurial Model Understand the difference between individual and group approaches to employment, including the strengths & weaknesses of variant models of support Individual Option Placement One employment specialist working with one person to obtain and maintain community integrated competitive employment

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate D Customized employment: a process for individualizing the employment relationship between a job seeker or an employee and an employer in ways that are mutually beneficial. Understand customized support strategies

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Goal Understand standards, regulations and the acts related to employment Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 2

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate A ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act Rehab Act: Rehabilitation Act EEOC: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission FLSA: Fair Labor Standards Act DOL: Department of Labor WIA: Workforce Investment Act WIOA: Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act Know of and understand the legislation and acts associated with employment

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate B Know how to locate and reference applicable standards Your agency Other area agencies as resources Your public library College & University libraries Local and state government The internet

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate C Stakeholders Be able to develop and share reference tools with stakeholders Employee Employer Funding Source

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate D Department of Labor Department of Justice OSHA US Citizenship and Immigration Services Employee Rights Law Center Family and Medical Leave Act American Bar Association Citizens Information Establish a network of resource experts to provide additional support as needed relative to rights and responsibilities of employers and employees

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Goal Knowing the employment support roles and responsibilities Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 3

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate A Be able to define & describe the role and responsibilities of the employee As an employee. you have rights! As an employee. you have responsibilities!

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate An employer cannot discriminate against you because of your disability, if you are qualified for the job. To be qualified you have to be able to do the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation. An employer must provide you a reasonable accommodation to help you carry out the essential functions of the job.

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate You must be qualified (with or without reasonable accommodation) You must meet the employment expectations of your employer. You must, in most circumstances, request the accommodation you need.

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate B As an employer. you have rights! As an employer. you have responsibilities! Be able to define & describe the roles and responsibilities of the employer and co-workers

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate You may have job qualifications. You may require specific skills. You may require an employee to meet health or safety standards You may require specific licenses or certifications. You may have physical and mental requirements. You may have qualification standards that an individual not pose a threat to the health or safety of others or themselves.

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate You have the responsibility to ensure that your requirements do not screen out or tend to screen out an individual with a disability solely on the basis of the disability. You have the responsibility to ensure that any job requirements and qualifications that do screen out or tend to screen out persons with disabilities be job related and consistent with business necessity. This means that the qualification must be real and an actual measure for the specific job, not a general class of jobs. All requirements must relate to essential functions of the job. If it does not relate to essential functions, it is not consistent with business necessity.

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Goal Knowing the employment support roles and responsibilities Cathy Kunkel, Advocate 3

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate A Be able to define & describe the role and responsibilities of the employee As an employee. you have rights! As an employee. you have responsibilities!

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate An employer cannot discriminate against you because of your disability, if you are qualified for the job. To be qualified you have to be able to do the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation. An employer must provide you a reasonable accommodation to help you carry out the essential functions of the job.

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate You must be qualified (with or without reasonable accommodation) You must meet the employment expectations of your employer. You must, in most circumstances, request the accommodation you need.

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate B As an employer. you have rights! As an employer. you have responsibilities! Be able to define & describe the roles and responsibilities of the employer and co-workers

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate You may have job qualifications. You may require specific skills. You may require an employee to meet health or safety standards You may require specific licenses or certifications. You may have physical and mental requirements. You may have qualification standards that an individual not pose a threat to the health or safety of others or themselves.

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate You have the responsibility to ensure that your requirements do not screen out or tend to screen out an individual with a disability solely on the basis of the disability. You have the responsibility to ensure that any job requirements and qualifications that do screen out or tend to screen out persons with disabilities be job related and consistent with business necessity. This means that the qualification must be real and an actual measure for the specific job, not a general class of jobs. All requirements must relate to essential functions of the job. If it does not relate to essential functions, it is not consistent with business necessity.

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate C Funding approaches can inhibit or facilitate consumer-directed services Be able to define & describe the roles and responsibilities of the funding sources

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate Constraints that ultimately restrict employment outcomes 1)Inadequacies and inequities in rates across service options 1)Limits on activities prior to job placement 1)Funding that is non-responsive to individual support needs 1)Funding that is non-responsive to career interests 1)Time limits on how long a service can be provided.

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate Funding approaches that support employment outcomes 1)Expanding access to services 2)Placing consumers in control of funds, 3)Placing consumers in control of the selection of providers 4)Removing funding barriers.

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate D Be able to define & describe the roles and responsibilities of the support agencies

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate E Employment specialist: the person who assists individuals with disabilities to find and maintain employment using supported employment services. Be able to define & describe the roles and responsibilities of the employment specialist

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate...an Employment Specialist 1)Is able to identify the individuals interests in order to facilitate a job/career of choice. 1)Is able to identify the individual's skills and talents in order to facilitate a job/career of choice. 1)Is able to negotiate customized jobs for individuals with disabilities. 1)Is able to address employer concerns about hiring people with disabilities while maintaining the confidentiality of the job seekers. 1)Is able to identify a wide variety of workplace supports. 1)Uses data collection techniques to document effectiveness of workplace supports and to guide fading from the job site. 1)Provides proactive follow along services.

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Cathy Kunkel, Advocate F Other professionals that they have worked with and trust Be able to define & describe the roles and responsibilities of the employees support network Family Best friends Current and former teachers Current and former co-workers Supervisors People that know them from places they visit frequently People from church Service coordinators

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How things have changed!

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Where are we today? 2010sEmployment First Model AN ACT relating to persons with disabilities; establishing employment first as a state policy; declaring it a state policy to support competitive employment in an integrated setting; requiring agencies to support competitive and integrated employment; requiring state agencies working with home and community based waiver service providers to implement employment first policies; requiring reports; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.

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Is Employment First unique to Wyoming? By 2013, 30 states have passed Employment First legislation In 2012, The National Governors Association adopted year long project to focus on the role that state government and business can play in improving employment outcomes and creating more employment opportunities

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Wyoming Employment First Legislation Effective July 1, 2014

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Employment First Employment First means expecting, encouraging, providing, creating, and rewarding integrated employment in the general workforce as the FIRST and Preferred option of youth and adults with disabilities APSE Employment First Manifesto

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It promotes policies, practices and strategies that focus on integrated, community-based employment as the desired outcome for ALL individuals with disabilities. Guiding principles, practices and strategies are disseminated through state statute, regulation that makes funding for integrated community- based employment a priority

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Employment First uses supported employment and customized employment strategies. However, we do not define employment by these strategies. Employment First initiatives center on..

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holding individuals with disabilities to the same employment standards, responsibilities, and expectations as any working-age adult

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Core Values of Employment First Anyone who wants to work can Inclusion Real Work, Real Pay Services are individualized Support of family members, friends and coworkers Choice*, self- determination/direction

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The Bachelor process: Chris meets all contestants. They are required to participate in an auditioning procedure and are chosen to be a part of the show according to the specifications provided by Chris.