Events
Hillary Clinton Calls for the End to SubMinimum Wage
APSE Applauds Hillary Clinton for Calling for the End to Subminimum Wage and Calls On Other Candidates to Do the Same On Monday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton became the…
The Perfect Storm of Opportunity
by Allison Wohl, APSE Executive Director
One of the many reasons that I wanted to join the APSE national team just over a year ago is that I realized that there were a number of distinct and strong movements that were developing that seemed to be converging at a national level. A perfect storm of opportunity to fully achieve competitive integrated employment was clearly on the horizon.
MD APSE Chapter February 10, 2016 Testimony for HB 420 & SB 417
The Maryland APSE Chapter presented testimony on February 10 in Annapolis at the bill hearing for the Equal Employment Act in Maryland in Annapolis (HB420/ SB 41). Maryland APSE strongly supports HB…
Action Alert: National Organizations Release Toolkit to Help Stakeholders Advocate for Strong Implementation of the Home and Community Based Services Settings Rule in Their States
January 25, 2016: Today the Bazelon Center, together with other disability and aging advocacy groups, issued a toolkit to help advocates push for strong implementation of the new Home and…
The Tide is Turning
by Allison Wohl, APSE Executive Director
“Progress,” Secretary of Labor Tom Perez is fond of saying, “does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability.” This is certainly true when we talk about employment for Americans with disabilities. It would seem to be inevitable that in 2015, with so many movements demanding economic equality and social inclusion for groups that have been left out of the mainstream, people with disabilities would be part of that tide lifting all boats. But why has it taken so long to get to this point, when the outcome data and government dollars for supported employment were available 20 years ago?
Change is Hard
Our world is going through so many changes so quickly that it sometimes seems impossible to keep pace. In the past five years, we have seen radical changes in our…
Reflections on the APSE National Conference & Why This Year's Should Not be Missed
By Susan Rinne President, APSE Board of Directors I am so excited to see you all in Philly in just a few short months. It seems every year the offerings…
Thoughts on the National Conference
When I came into this role as APSE’s Executive Director in January, it was inconceivable to me that we would be putting on the national conference in just six months….
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