Comments on: Survey: Employers Remain Hesitant To Hire People With Disabilities http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2009/11/05/employer-attitudes-ca/6059/ Developmental Disability News Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:23:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: ethanellis http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2009/11/05/employer-attitudes-ca/6059/comment-page-1/#comment-766 ethanellis Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:28:48 +0000 http://www.disabilityscoop.com/?p=6059#comment-766 There's a lot more to this story. When I was Exec of the NJ DD COUNci, we commissioed what happened to people with disabilities once employed. Two findings are particularlly relevant: 1. Supervisors were reluctant to point out weaknesses in the performance of employees with disabilities during their evaluations. As a result, they were denied the information needed to improve their performance. 2.Employees with disabilities were less likely to be included in on-the-job and after-work socialization. As a result, they were denied the informal learning that co-workers often share in those situations. Neither of these issues get the attention needed to improve our job retention and advancement. There’s a lot more to this story. When I was Exec of the NJ DD COUNci, we commissioed what happened to people with disabilities once employed. Two findings are particularlly relevant:

1. Supervisors were reluctant to point out weaknesses in the performance of employees with disabilities during their evaluations. As a result, they were denied the information needed to improve their performance.

2.Employees with disabilities were less likely to be included in on-the-job and after-work socialization. As a result, they were denied the informal learning that co-workers often share in those situations.

Neither of these issues get the attention needed to improve our job retention and advancement.

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