Meet Nicholas (Ohio)!

"I am grateful to be going to work this morning. I enjoy going to work and I am always in uniform."

Nicholas is standing in front of a house smiling.Nicholas is a receiving clerk, responsible for unpacking freight that has come in off the truck, placing new price tags on merchandise, putting security tags on specific items, and uses a baler for the empty cardboard boxes.

Nicholas says, "With this job, nothing has been a challenge but previously it was my manager and some co-workers that presented a challenge in keeping that job." He expressed that supportive co-workers and his employment staff have been helpful to him in finding and keeping a job.

"Employment First matters to me because it makes me feel like I am making a difference. I matter."

NDEAM poster 2021.
El cartel es de forma rectangular con un fondo de color óxido intenso. Una representación en color crema de los Estados Unidos y sus territorios se extienden a lo largo del cartel y está cubierta con ilustraciones de personas de diversas razas, tamaños y discapacidades con trajes coloridos. Escrito en negro en el centro del mapa está el tema de NDEAM 2021, America’s Recovery: Powered by Inclusion. Bajo el tema en letras más pequeñas están las palabras Mes de Concientización Nacional del Empleo de Personas con Discapacidades. A lo largo de la parte inferior (de izquierda a derecha) está el logotipo de DOL, seguido del logotipo de ODEP, seguido de las palabras Office of Disability Employment Policy United States Department of Labor. En la esquina inferior derecha está el sitio web de ODEP, dol.gov/ODEP, con el hashtagNDEAM debajo.

Celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month!

#NDEAM

#EmploymentFirst

#RealWorkRealPay


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