News from Tennessee Disability Pathfinder
Success knows no boundaries! In celebration of Disability Employment Awareness Month, we’re honoring the stories of individuals with disabilities who have triumphed over barriers to find meaningful employment. Check out these incredible stories, written in their words, of three individuals who, despite facing challenges, continue to thrive and excel in the workplace. Their passion, determination,… Read more In their Own Words: Stories of Disability Employment Journeys
Your Journey to Employment The Precisionists, Incorporated (TPI), a national company, provides innovative and unparalleled administrative and technology services to their clients by harnessing the unique talents of neurodiverse and neurotypical professionals. With a focus on industry best practices and a client roster including UBS, Vanderbilt University, and HCA Healthcare, their innovative employment model sets… Read more Spotlight: The Precisionists, Incorporated (TPI)
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month! Observed each October, during National Disability Employment Awareness Month, or “NDEAM,” we celebrate the value and talent workers with disabilities add to America’s workplaces and economy. NDEAM’s purpose is to confirm our commitment to ensuring disabled workers have access to good jobs, every month of every year. That’s… Read more In the Know – National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM)
On August 26. 2024, Governor Bill Lee made a proclamation encouraging all Tennessee citizens to join in the observance of Disability Voting Rights Awareness Week, September 9-13. 2024. In honor and observance of this celebratory week, the September issue of The Compass is dedicated to exercising our RIGHTS: our right to VOTE, our right to… Read more Disability Voting Rights Awareness Week
Dear Pathfinder Pals, It’s May already, can you believe it? May is chock-full of celebratory events including Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Lupus Awareness Month, and Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, just to name a few. Every May, the Administration for Community Living (ACL) leads the nation’s observance of Older Americans Month (OAM). The theme for 2024… Read more A Message from Pathfinder’s Communications Manager
Remember when I said in my opening statement that the lack of resources for the dual diagnosis of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD or IDD) and Mental Health is an area of concern for those we serve in the I/DD community? Since locating professionals in the IDD/Mental Health community and support groups are two areas… Read more Spotlight (May 2024) – Directory of Resources for I/DD Mental Health
Dear Friends of Pathfinder, It’s not just the luck of the Irish that we’re celebrating during March, we’re also celebrating so many other wonderful important days like National Reading Month, National Optimism Month, and Easter will be celebrated in March this year for the Christian communities. Did you know there’s even a National Celery Month?… Read more A Message from Pathfinder’s Communications Manager on Celebrating Diverse Holidays
It’s a new year, and with a new year comes new opportunities to learn, educate, and bring awareness to different topics affecting individuals in the disability community and the resources available to support them. Pathfinder has created a new webinar series for the Spring 2024 season showcasing the intersectionality of mental health concerns and disabilities.… Read more New Year, New Webinars: Pathfinder kicks off new webinar series
It’s a new year and new things are happening everywhere! There’s some good news in the new year for veterans with disabilities. As of January 1, Disabled Veterans are receiving a 3.2% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA), increase in their monthly VA disability compensation. What’s the increase? Veterans with a current disability rating of 10%… Read more O Say, Can You See…a 2024 Increase?
At the end of 2023, Pathfinder held nominations and awarded its second annual The Compass Awards. The Compass Awards recognize the efforts and continued support of community collaborators with Pathfinder’s mission to provide disability resource information and support to individuals and families in Tennessee. The Compass Awards were presented by Pathfinder LIVE on Instagram on December 21,… Read more Spotlight – January 2024