October is Disability Employment Awareness Month. Adapted in part from http://www.sutteronestop.com/DPN/30second.htm

1. Hello!
This is your
30-Second Inclusion
Training
Disability Employment
Awareness Month
Brought to you by the
Office of Faith Based and
Community Initiatives.
Click here to begin

2. Disability Employment Awareness Month is nationally celebrated in
October. Various activities are held throughout the month and
materials are distributed in order to increase the public's awareness
of the contributions and skills of American workers with disabilities.
When did this national celebration begin?
1962
1945
1988

3. Please try again
This is when the word
"physically“
was removed. It was done
in order to acknowledge
the employment needs as
well as the contributions
made by individuals with
all types of disabilities.

4. Come on…
You can do it!
This is when Congress expanded the week to a
month. The name was changed to
"National Disability Employment Awareness Month."

5. Great Job!
This is when Congress enacted a law which declared the first week in
October "National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week." To
find out more, click here to be directed to the U.S. Department of
Labor.
For more information contact:
Mariann Bernlohr
Training & Inclusion Manager
Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives
mbernlohr@ofbci.in.gov
317-234-5891