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Helpful Tips and Information for Job Seekers with Disabilities

This booklet will assist you in using the range of services available to find employment. It will provide you with information on what services are available, how to make the best use of that service and how to get the services you want and need. This booklet also describes general information about Nebraska Workforce Development and answers specific questions individuals with disabilities may have related to employment.

Independent Living
  • Independent Living is a philosophy and a movement of people with disabilities who work for self-determination, equal opportunities and self-respect.
     
  • Independent Living does not mean that we want to do everything by ourselves and do not need anybody or that we want to live in isolation.

Internet Protocol Relay

Telecommunciations Relay Service (TRS) permits persons with a hearing or speech disability to use the telephone system via a text telephone (TTY) or other device. Now TRS users are only a mouse click away from a new TRS option. All they need is a connection to the Internet and they can use Internet Protocol (IP) Relay.

How IP Relay Service Works

Living and Working with Disabilities - Tax Benefits and Credits

This IRS publication presents basic information abut existing tax credits and benefits that may be available to qualifying taxpayers with disabilities, parents of children with disabilities, and businesses or other entities wishing to accommodate persons with disabilities.

Personal Assistance Services

Personal Assistance Services (PAS) are those defined under Nebraska Medicaid rules and regulations that include a range of assistance provided to persons with disabilities and chronic conditions of all ages. It includes a range of services, provided by one or more persons, designed to assist an individual with a disability to perform daily activities on and off the job that the individual would typically perform if the individual did not have a disability.