Assisting people with disabiliti

Text Box: some considerations that must be addressed as a result of their disability, such as disclosure of disability to employers. Many of the techniques used to assist people with disabilities are also effective with other individuals who are considered to have “barriers” to employment. Text Box: Job Development for People with Disabilities

Text Box: The WorkPlace
office hours are Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Alternate Hours Available by Appointment
The WorkPlace,
1222 Coffeen St. (on
the Jefferson Commu-nity College Campus,
Watertown, NY 13601
Phone: 315-782-9252
TTY: 315-786-7665
Fax: 315-782-2073 www.jefflewisworkforce.com
E-mail:
theworkplace@sunyjefferson.edu

Text Box: the service within the person’s local calling area. TheCenter also offers a Relay Captioned Telephone Service.
The New York State Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with
Disabilities (CQCAPD)
CQCAPD is a State agency charged with improving the
quality of life for New Yorkers with disabilities and protecting their rights. It promotes the inclusion of people with disabilities in all aspects of community life, provides individualized advocacy services, advice and training on disability issues and
advances the availability and use of assistive technology. The agency can be reached toll-free at 1-800-624-4143; through its website at www.cqc.state.ny.us; or by writing to NYS Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities, 401 State Street, Schenectady, NY 12305.
There are also many other resources available. To find
information about some of them, you may
also want to visit the “Related Links” page
on our website at www.osc.state.ny.us/
retire/related_links.htm.

Text Box: The New York State Retirement System’s primary mission is to administer your pension benefits, and we also want to make sure every member
of our System is able to get information about those benefits when they need it. If you or someone you know has a disability and needs assistance when contacting us or visiting one of our 16 consultation sites, there are many other agencies and organizations that offer a wide
range of disability-related services and information you may find useful. These include:

The New York Relay Center
The Relay Center enables people who are deaf, hard-of hearing, deaf-blind or speech disabled
to make and receive personal and business calls in the same way as any other telephone user. An individual calls the Center, using a telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY), and a service operator “relays” the call to the call receiver and acts as an intermediary. The service is also available to anyone who would like to call a person who has one of these disabilities. There are no restrictions on the length or number of calls placed and there is no charge for using

Text Box: Phone: 315-782-9252
Fax: 315-782-2073
Email: D.Greene@sunyjefferson.edu