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The K.LisaYang and Hock E. Tan Institute on Employment and Disability housed within the ILR School at Cornell University conducts research and provides continuing education and technical assistance on many of the aspects of disability in the workplace.
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Join us in exploring what informed choice really means in supported employment.
Perfect for Employment Service Professionals (ESPs) looking to strengthen their ethical foundation and practical skills.
👉 Register here: ytionline.org/webinars/77
Individuals in a meeting seated around a table. Logos for the Yang-Tan Institute and the ILR School at Cornell University. DWDC - Disability Workforce Development Center. Informed Choice and Ethical Decision-Making in Supported Employment. December 18, 2025, 3pm ET.
December 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Join us for this FREE Training!
Register now for Part One of a two-part series to explore Pre-ETS, the benefits of collaboration, and ways to improve results for students with disabilities.
Registration: events.yangtaninstitute.org/e/11319/regi...
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December 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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As if there aren't enough other things to keep us up at night: Unique Ethical Considerations to Working with Youth
🗓 December 9, 2025
⏰ 1-3 pm ET
✅ Approved for CRC ethics credits
👥 For VRCs and employment service professionals
👉 Register here: ytionline.org/webinars/76
Individuals in a meeting seated around a table. Logos for the Yang-Tan Institute and the ILR School at Cornell University. DWDC - Disability Workforce Development Center. As if there aren't enough other things to keep us up at night: Unique Ethical Considerations to Working with Youth. December 9, 2025, 1-3 pm ET.
December 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Today we celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities!
This year's theme is fostering disability inclusive societies for advancing social progress! #InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities
graphic of arms forming a circle around someone in many colors. International day of persons with disabilities. December 3rd.
December 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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📍Our November Newsletter has been released!
Read and Subscribe Today!
Get the latest information on disability-related research, policy, events, consultation and more sent straight to your inbox! 📩
Don't Miss Out!
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YTI Newsletter - November 2025. Highlights, Upcoming Events, YTIOnline, Subscribe.
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Susanne Bruyere was recently a Keynote speaker at an event in Taiwan and had the opportunity to enjoy dinner in Taipei with Cornell University Alumni!
#Cornell #Alumni
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November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Are you ready to deepen your understanding of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) services?
Join our online training to learn how VR empowers individuals with disabilities to achieve competitive, integrated employment.
#VocationalRehabilitation
👉 Learn more & register: ytionline.org/webinars/75
Individuals in a meeting seated around a table. Logos for the Yang-Tan Institute and the ILR School at Cornell University. DWDC - Disability Workforce Development Center. Vocational Rehabilitation: Building Careers, Changing Lives. December 1, 2025, 2pm ET.
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Visit our Combat2Careers website -
For Student Veterans moving into the workplace or Career Counselors who guide student veterans - you’ll find helpful tools here! Visit our Combat2Careers website - combat2careers.com
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November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Today we honor all who have served.
Thank you, Veterans! #VeteransDay
#Veterans
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November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Don't miss this event from The Southern Tier Independence Center!
Our own Wendy Strobel Gower will be on the panel!
Last day to Register- November 10th!
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Diversifying the Workplace. The Employer’s Roadmap to Success . An Employment Advocacy Committee Event Hear from our expert panelists on the benefits of hiring people with disabilities, common misconceptions, tax incentive and wage reimbursement programs, accommodations and more! Photos of: Wendy Strobel-Gower Yang-Tan Institute Cornell University, John Robinson CEO, Our Ability, and Jennifer Slade NYS Department of Education. A complementary brunch buffet will be served. NOVEMBER 18, 2025, 135 EAST FREDERICK ST. BINGHAMTON, NY 13904 REGISTER BY NOV 10TH . QR code to register. Discover the Secret to Hiring Untapped Talent That Lasts .
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Join us for our "Strategies for Finding and Creating Remote and Hybrid Opportunities” webinar on Tuesday, November 11, 2025!

CRC credits have been approved for this webinar.
For more information, go to: ytionline.org/webinars/72
Individuals in a meeting seated around a table. Logos for the Yang-Tan Institute and the ILR School at Cornell University. DWDC - Disability Workforce Development Center. Strategies for Finding and Creating Remote and Hybrid Opportunities. November 11, 2025, 3pm ET
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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A Tale of Two Customers: Meeting Business Needs
November 13, 2025 | 3:00-4:15 p.m. ET

This webinar is intended for employment service professionals and vocational rehabilitation counselors with employer engagement responsibilities.

CRC credits available
$50
To Register: ytionline.org/webinars/73
Two men and a woman on a manufacturing floor, wearing safety glasses, ear protection and holding gloves. Disability Workforce Development Center (DWDC). A Tale of Two Customers: Meeting Business Needs. November 13, 2025 - 3pm ET. CRC Credits available.
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Join us for our "Strategies for Finding and Creating Remote and Hybrid Opportunities” webinar on Tuesday, November 11, 2025!

CRC: CRC credits have been approved for this webinar.
Cost: $50
For more information, go to: ytionline.org/webinars/72
Individuals in a meeting seated around a table. Logos for the Yang-Tan Institute and the ILR School at Cornell University. DWDC - Disability Workforce Development Center. Strategies for Finding and Creating Remote and Hybrid Opportunities. November 11, 2025, 3pm ET
November 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Cornell University Student draws on experience to transform assistive communication technologies to make them more expressive #AssistiveTechnology
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Student draws on experience to transform assistive communication | Cornell Chronicle
At 15, Tobias Weinberg lost the ability to speak - now as a Ph.D. student at Cornell Tech, he's using AI to improve the technologies he and others with speech disabilities rely on to communicate.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Today is Stress Awareness Day - here are some resources to help you understand and reduce stress in the workplace.

#StressAwarenessDay

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Stress Awareness Resources
Stress-busting resources for Stress Awareness Day that you can download and use right away, as well as professional development opportunities for understanding and reducing workplace stress through a ...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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It’s International Stress Awareness Week! (November 3–7)
Take a moment to unwind and read this interesting article on Stress-Busting in the Workplace, featuring expert insights from our Extension Associate, Adene Karhan.
#StressAwarenessWeek #StressAwarenessDay
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Stress-Busting in the Workplace
Stress Awareness Day is a reminder to reflect on what stress is, how to stay ahead of it, and why one person’s overwhelming day is another person’s easy glide. It’s also a reminder to consider how we ...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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For the past two days our staff has been part of the Disability Rights and Employment Awareness Month (DREAM) Symposium, in Albany, NY.

#DREAMSymposium2025
A Room full of people in seats listening to a presetntation with DREAM Symposium projected on the screen at the front of the room. A speaker was at the podium and an ASL interpreter was to the side of the stage interpreting. Audience full of people listening to a presentation, some in seats and some wheelchair users. Jess, Leslie, Jen and Lizzie, all from the Yang-Tan Institute standing at front of room after presentation. An Audience member holding the microphone asking Leslie Shaw questions during her presentation.
October 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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The Disability Workforce Development Center provides essential employment services training for professionals who support individuals with disabilities seeking competitive integrated employment.

Join us on October 23rd for our 1st webinar.
Go to: ytionline.org/webinars/71
Individuals in a meeting seated around a table. Logos for the Yang-Tan Institute and the ILR School at Cornell University. The Yang-Tan Institute is excited to present essential employment services training for professionals who support individuals with disabilities seeking competitive integrated employment.
October 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Leslie Shaw and Katie Brendili Brown delivered two presentations focused on transition predictors and effective practices at the DCDT Conference for Project ATTAIN.
#DCDT
Leslie Shaw, Katie Brendili Brown and Lauren Bruno standing in front of presetation titled "Pre-service Teacher Implementation of the SDLMI & It's Impact on Autistic Students' Self-Determination" Leslie Shaw and Katie Brendili Brown in front of presentation slides titled "Predictors of Community Participation for Autistic People".
October 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Debora Wagner and Aleyda Toruno presenting Ray Cebula with the Thomas P. Golden Award at the National Association of Benefits and Work Incentives Specialists (NABWIS) Convention! 💛 ⭐
#NABWIS
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October 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Our Work Incentive Support Center (WISC) team spent the week presenting at the National Association of Benefits and Work Incentives Specialists (NABWIS) Convention!
#NABWIS
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October 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Today, October 10th, is World Mental Health Day — a time to raise awareness, break the stigma, and prioritize emotional well-being. 💚 #WorldMentalHealthDay #MentalHealthMatters #StopTheStigma
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October 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Cornell University will receive $5.1 million as the Trump administration seeks to find a source and cure for autism.
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Amid funding cuts and public health battles, NIH issues autism research grants
Cornell University will receive $5.1 million as the Trump administration seeks to find a source and cure for autism.
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October 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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October 1st means - Happy NDEAM everyone!
The theme for National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2025 is “Celebrating Value and Talent.” Learn more! www.dol.gov/agencies/ode...
#NDEAM
The poster is rectangular in shape with a dark blue background and an array of red, white and blue graphical fireworks of different sizes. Five of these fireworks frame photos of people with different disabilities working in various environments. Below the images, the words “Celebrating Value and Talent, National Disability Employment Awareness Month” appear. Across the bottom are a logo that says, “America 250,” the DOL seal followed by the words “Office of Disability Employment Policy, United States Department of Labor,” and the hashtag #NDEAM on top of the words “80th Anniversary” and the website address dol.gov/odep.
October 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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"Cornell researchers have now created a high-resolution electronic tactile display that is more robust than other haptic braille systems and can operate in messy, unpredictable environments."
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Tiny explosions, soft materials make onscreen braille more robust | Cornell Chronicle
By combining the design principles and materials of soft robotics with microscale combustions, researchers created a high-resolution electronic tactile display that can operate in messy, unpredictable...
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September 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM