Marshall Democrat-News: Local News: Marshall mayor signs disability employment awareness proclamation (10/01/09)

From left to right, Jane LaRue, habilitation program manager at MHC; Patricia Orr, habilitation specialist at MHC; and Mendy Lovercamp, habilitation specialist at MHC, stand behind Marshall Mayor Connie Latimer as she signs a proclamation recognizing October as National Disability Employment Awareness month.
(Sydney Stonner/Democrat-News)
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On Wednesday, Sept. 30, Marshall Mayor Connie Latimer signed a proclamation declaring the month of October as National Disability Employment Awareness month. Both Marshall Habilitation Center employees and consumers were present at the event.

The U.S. Department of Labor has declared the month's theme to be "Expectation + Opportunity = Full Participation." More locally, the Missouri Developmental Disabilities Employment Team works for "community-integrated employment options" for all workers.

The month "is intended to urge employers, as they seek to fill positions, to embrace the richness of America's diversity by considering the talents of all workers, including workers with disabilities," Hab Center employees said in a press release.

Contact Sydney Stonner at marshallbusiness@socket.net

i have been fired from my job as a in-homehealh aide beceuse i have spinal stenosis and had some surgery myself. i dont think this was fair at all. they put me in in a bad place, more stress than i needed. something really should be done to protect our jobs better.do you had to be signed up for the disability act to apply to it, because it has failed me dearly

-- Posted by damaged on Mon, Oct 5, 2009, at 9:40 AM

This raises the question of how many people with a certified disability are gainfully employed in local commerce.

Do you suppose the mayor's office, or another city department, maintains such information?

-- Posted by Slater on Thu, Oct 1, 2009, at 1:45 PM