Work Without Limits Blog

Work Without Limits Administrative Employment Network: Building Capacity Where it is Needed Most

Published June 26, 2018
Author: Peter Travisano, Manager, Work Without Limits Administrative Employment Network
Employment can enrich the lives of people with disabilities by providing better financial security, and more fulfilling personal and social experiences. The Social Security Administration (SSA) understands this and knows that many people with disabilities who are seeking employment face unique barriers.... Read more >

Spaulding Rehabilitation Network and Partners HealthCare: Promoting and Sustaining Disability Inclusion Through Training

Published June 20, 2018
Author: Colleen Moran, Director, Workforce Programs at Spaulding Rehabilitation Network and Partners HealthCare
Partners Healthcare and Spaulding Rehabilitation Network have always been proudly committed to disability inclusion. We’ve demonstrated this though our active participation in programs such as Project SEARCH, our partnership with the MA Rehabilitation Commission (MRC), our membership in the MA Business Leadership Network (MABLN) and our service with... Read more >

Reflection on Ten Years at Eversource

Published June 1, 2018
Author: Tim Vernon, Senior Customer Service Representative, Eversource Energy
On May 12, 2018, I celebrated my ten-year anniversary at Eversource Energy. These years have been filled with learning, increasing my skills, and giving 100% to each job I am assigned. I am a senior customer service representative who utilizes Braille... Read more >

Eastern Bank Success Story: How Coordinating Disability Mentoring Day Educated Me

Published May 16, 2018
Author: Jenna Marcello, Assistant to Director of Operations at Eastern Bank
Although the weather was rainy and dreary the day of Friday, April 27th, Eastern Bank was full of sunshine and admiration. Friday, April 27, 2018 was Disability Mentorship Day (DMD) at the bank, a Work Without Limits initiative I had been coordinating along with... Read more >

John Hancock: ‘Disability Mentoring Day participants reflect on the experience’

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Author: MacKenzie Fitzgerald, Director of Strategic Communications, John Hancock
Article originally posted by John Hancock John Hancock participated in the 3rd Annual Disability Mentoring Day (DMD) on April 27, hosting students and job seekers with disabilities for hands-on career exploration and mentoring opportunities. DMD is a large-scale national effort sponsored... Read more >

Resumes Wanted!

Published May 7, 2018
Author: Megan Northup, Project Coordinator, Work Without Limits
Jobs Without Limits (JWL) is a free online job board that was developed by Work Without Limitsto help connect qualified job seekers with disabilities to leading disability inclusive companies that are Sponsors of Work Without Limits and therefore committed to diversifying their workforces. Launched in the... Read more >

The Empowered Woman

Published April 30, 2018
Author: Pat Hunt, Co-Owner, DisabilityImages.com
Everywhere I turn these days, I encounter a new focus on the empowered woman. There is one notable area within this subject that is sometimes overlooked. That is the independence, empowerment and relevance of the woman with a disability. Disability... Read more >

Improving Health Care for People with Disabilities through Research and Education

Published April 25, 2018
Author: Dr. Linda Long-Bellil, Assistant Professor for the Center for Health Policy and Research at UMass Medical School and a member of the Work Without Limits team
In this video testimony, Dr. Linda Long-Bellil, Assistant Professor for the Center for Health Policy and Research at UMass Medical School and a member of the Work Without Limits training team, highlights her experience researching reproductive health for women with... Read more >