Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, Hard of Hearing, and Late-Deafened people should be accommodated in their workplaces! For National Disability Employment Awareness Month, check out some resources from the NAD and @NationalDeafCenter -- Link . #NDEAM

- The NAD's National Employment Resource Center
- NDC's Online Learning Modules: Deaf 101, Discovering System Barriers and Exploring WHY, Transforming Systems to Achieve Equity for Deaf People, Accommodations 101
- Find more deaf education and employment data using the NDC Data Dashboard

[VIDEO DESC & TRANSCRIPT: NAD President Jenny and National Deaf Center Co-Director Carrie Lou is standing in front of a camera, separately.

CARRIE LOU: Only 54% of deaf people in the United States have a job - and this hasn’t changed much since 2008.

JENNY: Before the ADA was passed in 1990, the biggest barrier for Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, Hard of Hearing, and Late-Deafened folks to get a job was bias. Employers routinely refused to hire deaf folks or when they did hire them, they refused to provide accommodations. Thanks to the ADA, such discrimination is now illegal but…

CARRIE LOU: Employment barriers for deaf people still exist, particularly for Deaf people with other disabilities. Only around 32% of deafdisabled people work, and 35% of deafblind people work. Systemic barriers also affect Black, Latinx, and Native American deaf people’s employment opportunities. So what can be done to achieve equity in the workplace for deaf people?

JENNY: There needs to be education and exposure for employers and hiring managers, particularly with the use of low-cost or no-cost technologies. Recent advancements in technology and accommodations have made it even easier for people to communicate in the workplace.

CARRIE LOU: NDC offers free online learning modules like ‘Deaf 101’, and ‘Accommodations 101’, that are great resources for job training programs and employers that work with deaf people.

JENNY: The NAD also developed employment related resources, like: what employers should know, employment laws and regulations – and more!

CARRIE LOU: These resources should be shared far and wide because….

CARRIE LOU & JENNY simultaneously: Employers should hire Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, Hard of Hearing, and Late-Deafened folks.]