Box W-528, P.O. Box 1500, Fishersville, Virginia 22939
The Shenandoah Valley Regional Committee for Disability Employment Awareness (SVRCDEA) is a voluntary group that meets yearly from April to November. Members include representatives for the Department of Rehabilitative Services, Virginia Workforce Center, Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired, Chamber of Commerce, Community Services Boards, Disability Services Boards, Mental Health Association, Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind and local business and/or industry.
The goal of the committee is to enhance the public awareness of the potential of persons with disabilities. The committee recognizes those employers who have employed persons with disabilities and made the necessary accommodations for those employees to be a part of the mainstream workforce. An employee with a disability is also recognized each year as the Employee of the Year. A contest for increasing the awareness of school age youth about persons with disabilities and their potential is held each year in the area of art, literary and assistive technology.
This year the SVRCDEA is again soliciting nominations for employers who have promoted the employment of persons with disabilities. The criteria to be considered include: willingness to employ persons with disabilities, willingness to modify work environment, orientation and training to help sensitize other co-workers. An award for recognizing an employee with a disability will also be given. The criteria for this award include: good work habits, positive adjustment to disability, productivity and a documented disability. The art, literary and assistive technology contest will also be held. The entries in each area will be judged on expression of ideas, attention to theme, understanding the concept of disability, originality and creativity. The assistive technology contest must include a device that addresses the concept of increasing independence for person with disabilities, and will be judged on the functionality, durability and cost of the device.
The goal of the committee is to enhance the public awareness of the potential of persons with disabilities. The committee recognizes those employers who have employed persons with disabilities and made the necessary accommodations for those employees to be a part of the mainstream workforce. An employee with a disability is also recognized each year as the Employee of the Year. A contest for increasing the awareness of school age youth about persons with disabilities and their potential is held each year in the area of art, literary and assistive technology.
This year the SVRCDEA is again soliciting nominations for employers who have promoted the employment of persons with disabilities. The criteria to be considered include: willingness to employ persons with disabilities, willingness to modify work environment, orientation and training to help sensitize other co-workers. An award for recognizing an employee with a disability will also be given. The criteria for this award include: good work habits, positive adjustment to disability, productivity and a documented disability. The art, literary and assistive technology contest will also be held. The entries in each area will be judged on expression of ideas, attention to theme, understanding the concept of disability, originality and creativity. The assistive technology contest must include a device that addresses the concept of increasing independence for person with disabilities, and will be judged on the functionality, durability and cost of the device.