Employers

About Leslie Wilson

Co-Author of “Turning Diversity Into Dollars: A Business Case for Hiring People With Disabilities,” as featured in the American Society for Training and Development T+D Magazine with excerpts from the same article in "DiversityInc magazine.” As highlighted in this article “cost cutting doesn’t have to mean cutting back. Employing people with disabilities may be an excellent source of productive talent for your company.”
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WRI Recipient of the US Business Leadership Network , 2009 Exceptional Leadership Award “Partner of the Year”

CEO Recipient of the 2003 National Leadership Award and the 2004 Businesswoman of the Year, presented by the National Congressional Committee’s Business Advisory Council

Organized and provided onsite training on the employment of people with disabilities at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida), American Express, AvMed, AmeriGroup, CSX, Baptist Health South Florida and other large corporations

National Certification and Training Center | A Division of Wilson Resources, Inc

“The whole experience of being evaluated for distinction as a disability friendly business was a very positive one for CSX”

Margaret Downey, CSX

For Employers, Business People and Business Leadership Networks (BLNs)

This site is dedicated to employers, business people and BLNs wanting to:

1. Diversify their workforces to include millions of qualified, working age Americans with disabilities; and

2. Expand their customer bases to reach the more than 36 million Americans with disabilities.

Disability Friendly Businesses

The National Certification and Training Center (NCTC) provides the Disability Friendly Business Certification Program©, publications and training materials, and community-wide and in-house training to employers on diversifying their workforces to include employees and marketing to customers with disabilities.

NCTC provides your organization with the tools you need to ensure your organization is “Disability Friendly.” “Disability Friendly businesses benefit by tapping employees and customers with disabilities.

FACT: There are more than 36 million Americans with disabilities and nearly 19 million Americans of working age (U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2008)

FACT: Employees with disabilities are 70 percent more likely to stay at a job 5 years or longer as compared to workers without disabilities. (U.S. Census Bureau Research, Released July 2007)

FACT: People with disabilities have a combined income of more than $1 trillion with $220 billion in discretionary income. In comparison, the teen market controls $140 billion. (1998 Teenage Research Unlimited)

FACT: In a recent nationwide survey of 803 adult consumers, 87 percent said they would prefer to give their business to companies that hire people with disabilities. (Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 2006)

FACT: NCTC can help federal contractors meet U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP) regulations that require covered federal contractors to conduct “appropriate outreach and positive recruitment activities…to effectively recruit qualified individuals with disabilities.”