Employment
To locate employment-related services in your community, click here to search the Pathfinder database. On the database search page, select your county and a service category then click on "Search."
You may be interested in these Pathfinder service categories related to Employment: Employment Related, Social Security Disability Program. Click here to look up service definitions.
General Employment Information (Tennessee)
General Employment Information (National)
Employment and ADA
You have specific employment rights. See Pathfinder's Advocacy and Law section for Americans with Disabilities Act.
Addressing Concerns Related to Losing Social Security and Health Care Benefits
At Your Service: Welcoming Customers with Disabilities
A free, accessible, self-paced web course for people interested in discovering best practices for working with customers who have disabilities.
Disability Employment 101 for Your Business
A brochure for small- and medium-sized businesses interested in increasing their hiring pool by recruiting well-qualified employees with disabilities. Available in text and PDF format.
Disability Employment Policy Tutorial and Quick Reference
DisabilityDirect.Gov - Employment
DisabilityInfo.Gov - Employment
Employer Assistance Referral Network (EARN)
Federal Employment of People with Disabilities
HireDS
This website promotes the inclusion of people with disabilities, empowers companies, and gives people with disabilities the opportunity to succeed.
Job Accommodation Network - Office of Disability Employment Policy
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
National Business and Disability Council
Office of Disability Employment Policy
Paving the Way to Work
This guide was developed by the National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth) specifically to address the needs of youth with disabilities during their transition from school to work.
Social Security Disability (SSI & SSDI)
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) pays benefits to you and certain members of your family if you are "insured," meaning that you worked long enough and paid Social Security taxes. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) pays benefits based on financial need.
Social Security Administration's Work Site
U.S. Department of Justice Americans with Disabilities Act Home Page