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Before Ricardo Auguste created a collection for Her Game 2, Stamford, CT, he created a plan. Working as an intern via On-the-Job Training, a program funded by Connecticut's Bureau of Rehabilitation Services. Today, Ricardo is living his dream as a fashion designer, while living with paraplegia.
A New Job Starts With A Dream
Reaching that dream will involve hard work: gathering information, making connections, and pushing forward until you arrive at your destination.
Whether you have had a disability for years, or have recently experienced an illness or injury, your goal may appear out of reach. But all journeys are traveled one step at a time.
As you explore your options, begin looking for a job, and manage key elements of the search, Connect-Ability offers many tools to help you along.
Here, in our Career Center, you will find views on the value of work, information about how working will affect your disability benefits, and tools to assist you in identifying your interests and channeling them into related fields. You will also discover how to get training, and learn ways to prepare yourself for the journey ahead. Finally, if you are looking for practical suggestions about how to search for a job and get the support you will need to be successful, Connect-Ability's Career Center is the place for you!
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Connect-Ability works to remove barriers that make it hard for job seekers with disabilities to find and keep jobs. Our role is to offer information, tools and technical assistance to job seekers and employers rather than provide direct job placement services.
