Public Meeting Notice  Disability Employment Subcommittee Meeting

This is a meeting of the Disability Employment Subcommittee of the permanent Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities. This subcommittee will collect data and analyze initiatives that increase employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities in private employment and in state government.

Agenda:

1. Welcome, Roll Call, and Introductions
    
2. Inspirational Quote provided by Gyasi Burks-Abbott: “The greatest impediment to a person’s taking full part in his society are not his physical flaws, but rather the tissue of myths, fears, and misunderstandings that society attaches to them.” By Robert F. Murphy from The Body Silent: The Different World of the Disabled.
    
3. Focus on FY24 Goal: identify and facilitate at least one opportunity (e.g., event, speaking engagement, information dissemination) to engage and educate at least 100 small and medium businesses/employers on the value of including people with disabilities in the workplace, available community resources, and recognition of effective employer practices.
    
4. Adjournment 

Meeting information:

• Meeting will be held virtually via Zoom and livestreamed for the public at https://malegislature.gov/Commissions/Detail/567/Hearings
• CART service will be available embedded in Zoom with captions and through a separate URL: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=StatehouseADA
• ASL has been requested.
• For accessibility requests and other questions, contact Imene Bouziane Saidi at Imene.BouzianeSaidi@mass.gov

Meeting Documents (attached and linked)

• WorkAbility Report Suggestions Trackers https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_4mOrvC9clINJPvqupyCgJXE47yvfnlz/edit#gid=330415400
• The Grid https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_4mOrvC9clINJPvqupyCgJXE47yvfnlz/edit#gid=330415400

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