ONTARIO CELEBRATES NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH

Our government is committed to building an inclusive Ontario where people with every ability have equal rights to realize their dreams. Ontario’s Pre-Apprenticeship Program, supports different abilities to gain skills needed to start rewarding careers: NDEAM 2022 – Ontario Disability Employment Network (odenetwork.com)

Employees with disabilities can help businesses reach new customers, become more innovative, productive and profitable, and so much more. That’s why, throughout National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and in every month of the year, our government is removing barriers to employment for people with disabilities and connecting jobseekers and employers.

To help support employers who want to make a difference and hire people with disabilities, we are:

• investing an additional $90 million in the Skills Development Fund to support training projects that prepare jobseekers for meaningful careers, while prioritizing programs that help people with disabilities and others facing barriers to employment
• providing employment supports to help people with disabilities find, keep or thrive in a job
• offering young people with disabilities ways to find employment through the Youth Job Connection and Youth Job Connection Summer programs
• making it easier to connect with social services from municipalities and other groups across the province through 211
• sharing practical resources to help create more inclusive workplaces and communities for people who have a developmental disability
• promoting ways that inclusion improves business.

Click here to learn more about Ontario’s initiatives:

Ontario Marks National Disability Employment Awareness Month | Ontario Newsroom

To apply for programs and services for adults with developmental disabilities in Ontario:

Programs and services for adults with developmental disabilities in Ontario | ontario.ca