Technology companies are actively hiring workers with learning disabilities, which is why it’s never been a better time to enter the software development realm. While there is tons of literature describing the types of challenges some people with learning disabilities may face, those challenges are often considered by tech recruiters to be an advantage — and proof that someone with a learning disability will work hard enough to overcome them.
There are many people with learning disabilities who have successful careers. Here are five places with disability-friendly and inclusive employment policies. Are you surprised by any of them?
Careers with learning disabilities
75% of people with learning disabilities are unemployed. They have the same employment and career aspirations as any other new graduate. However, their disability can sometimes put them at a disadvantage when looking for a career.
In the UK, a lot of employers do not recognise that jobs can be done by those with learning difficulties. Our aim is to change this.
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Marketing Associate Job Description The Marketing Associate is responsible for leveraging existing and developing new marketing initiatives in collaboration with other members of the sales and marketing team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for learning, continuous improvement and excellence, be an effective communicator, able to thrive in a high-energy, fast-paced environment, and work independently.
There are over eighteen million children and adults in the United States who have a learning disability. This includes math disabilities, language-based disabilities, and processing difficulties. All of these types of learning disabilities can make it difficult to complete day to day tasks. There are a variety of different careers that will appeal to people with learning disabilities. The first step towards pursuing any of these careers is obtaining your degree. When considering where you are going to go to school, make sure that the program offers the coursework needed for the career you want. After finishing your undergraduate coursework you will be able to begin looking for entry level openings in the career of your choosing.
Many people with learning disabilities are highly-qualified and have skills as diverse as their peers without a disability, but do not have the same chances to prove themselves. As a result, they miss out on training and support that would develop their skills in what they enjoy doing most, while they may be passed over for jobs because of seeming ‘lazy’ or ‘unmotivated’. This article is meant to challenge negative stereotypes about people with learning disabilities, and to encourage more employers to give them a chance.
You don’t have to have a learning disability to work in the field of special education. You do, however, need to be willing to understand the needs of a special needs child and their significant others. If you can learn what it’s like to live with a disability, it will help you better assist your students and clients.
That was the big question I had when I went to college, having learned at my high school’s special needs program that “I would never be able to hold down a full-time job.” But here I am in 2015, ten years out of college, with three long-term career positions under my belt–and no plans to slow down any time soon.
Many colleges and universities across the nation now include autism spectrum disorders on their list of learning disabilities.As more schools recognize ASD as a disorder that affects the learning process, many students with ASDs are heading to college.
