Jobs for People with Disabilities
Check out this Website for Telecommuting Jobs for People with Disabilities
National Telecommuting Institute, located in Boston, Massachusetts, exclusively hires people with disabilities, including those with neurological disorders.
The National Telecommuting Institute, located in the US, hires people with disabilites to fill hundreds of telecommuting jobs set aside for disabled people. The level of disablity can be mild to severe, including those with neurological illnesses, but the main qualification is that prospective employees would benefit from home employment due to their disabilities. NTI is subsidized by local vocational rehabilitation agencies, and employees are given reimbursement for purchased computer equipment, computer connections, long distance phone service, and even some health expenditures.
The majority of the jobs are for call centers that are able to farm work out to remote home computers, via the internet. Employees perform customer service functions, including answering calls from customers, locating information, filling customer orders, and fielding complaints. Some jobs are for government agencies and others are for commercial retail companies. There are even positions available for trained medical transcriptionists.
Some Companies NTI contracts with:
- 1-800-Flowers
- Triple A
- Alamo Rent-a-Car
- AT&T
- the Internal Revenue Service
- Meijer Retailers
How to Find out about Current Job Opportunities
NTI is continually hiring people ...The advantage is that this company exclusively hires people with disabilities. They understand some of the physical limitations, whether mild or severe, that disabled people experience that keep them from working outside the home. This company can be reached at www.nticentral.org. Click onto "apply for jobs" on the home page. They will work with people receiving disabilities benefits so they don't go over the maximum allowable part-time wages.
****For related information, check out the Neurological ARTICLE INDEX and Blog.
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