Job consulting company

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Hello,

For those of you with adult children looking for careers, I wanted to share with

you information of a consulting company that hire people with disabilities. I

saw the President and CEO give a presentation yesterday at my company. She is

very passionate about helping people get professional careers--at times she was

nearly yelling, at other times crying. She is very dedicated. Epilepsy nearly

killed her in her 20's as it went undiagnosed for so long. After recovering from

major brain surgery she saw firsthand how hard it is for people with disabilites

to obtain meaningful careers and started this consulting company. They are in 18

states and have a sister company in Canada. She goes to large companies and

obtains 3 year committments from them to hire x amount of her employees. She

pays all their benefits (no cost to the employee) and the hiring company pays

the hourly rate. My company is in the process of hiring some - but I don't know

the specifics. I will be contacting the group in charge of it as they are

looking for volunteers to help out. I asked her specifically if they employee

people with HFA/AS and she said yes. I think that's true as she then started in

about their training/orientation for new people including very basic things,

like #1 is to take a shower everyday! The website is

www.benderconsult.com/index2.html . The president is Joyce Bender, and she also

runs the Disability Matters internet radio program. She is fairly famous in the

disability rights advocacy realm.

Here is some info from the website:

Disability Matters with Joyce Bender is one of the first international talk

radio shows with real-time captioning focused on the employment and empowerment

of people with disabilities. Hear prominent disability leaders such as

Congressman Tony Coelho, Governor Dick Thornburgh, Andy Imparato and senior

executives from the private sector. Disability Matters is on the VoiceAmerica

Channel (www.voice.voiceamerica.com)every Tuesday from 2:00pm - 3:00 pm Eastern

Time. The toll free caller/listener number is 1-866-472-5788. Tell your

friends!!

As the economy is continuing its recovery, and employment numbers are

increasing, an overwhelming 13 million Americans with disabilities - many of

them experts in technology - remain unemployed. Since 1995, Bender Consulting

Services has worked to solve these critical social and business issues by

providing employers with reliable technology talent, and giving well-trained

individuals with disabilities the chance to display their technical abilities

and enhance their lives through solid careers. To date, Bender Consulting

Services has placed consultants in major organizations such as CSC, JP

Chase, Highmark, Fedex Ground, and Bayer Corporation. Our consultants have

expertise in help-desk administration client/server applications,

telecommunications and mainframe technologies, including PeopleSoft, SAP,

PowerBuilder, Oracle, COBOL, Java, Lotus Notes, Windows NT, and other networking

technologies, as well as finance/accounting, engineering, human resources, and

other professional areas.

" Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, Bender Consulting Services also has a strong

presence in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area, Delaware, burg, PA,

Norwich, CT, Indianapolis, IN, Milwaukee, WI, and Houston and Ft. Worth, TX

areas. Bender Consulting is continuing to expand to Las Vegas, NV, and other

west coast locations. In October, 2001, BCS expanded into Canada with the

incorporation of our sister company Bender Consulting Services of Canada Inc.

Bender Consulting Services, Inc. is affiliated with Bender and Associates

International, Inc.

Information Technology

Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Computer, Civil, Facilities)

Mathematics

Language Analysis and Translation

Human Resources

Management Analysis

Customer Service

Administrative Support

Finance

Accounting

Statistics

Logistics

Aviation

Technical Writing

Communication

Medicine (Including Pharmacy and Nursing Careers)

Law (Including Law Enforcement, Paralegal, and Legal

Hope this helps someone!

TJ