Giving Compass' Take:

· In this #Solvable video from The Rockefeller Foundation, Susan Bruyère explains how businesses can engage with individuals with disabilities and support their employment. 

· How can philanthropy support the employment of individuals with disabilities? What challenges do these individuals face when looking for jobs? 

· Here's how states are helping people with disabilities break into government jobs.

Lack of employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities is #Solvable. Susan Bruyère shares how engaging businesses can help to identify, reach, train, and support disabled populations who may have been previously overlooked to empower talent and provide them with employment opportunities.

Susan Bruyère is a Professor of Disability Studies and the Director of the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability at the ILR School at Cornell University. She has served as Project Director and Co-Principal Investigator of numerous federally-sponsored research, dissemination, and technical assistance efforts focused on employment and disability policy and effective workplace practices for people with disabilities.

Read the full article about employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities at The Rockefeller Foundation.