One of the things Tammy Wilber says she enjoys about her job at UnitedHealthcare is that the people she calls have no idea she has a disability. “They just know me as Tammy – ‘the helpful person on the phone’, rather than focusing on my disability,” she said. “It has been refreshing for me to see what that is like.” Wilber said she loves her job as a full-time Clinical Administrative Coordinator at UnitedHealthcare in Las Vegas, where she communica...
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Jennifer Erickson and Beth Behal have been the co-owners of Camille’s Sidewalk Café in Sioux Falls for the last seven years. The door to hiring people with disabilities was opened for them by an employment specialist from Southeastern Behavioral HealthCare. Beth said, “We didn’t seek out people with disabilities for employees, they came to us. Instead of thinking why it would not work, we asked ourselves, why wouldn’t this work?” Since Beth was a former teach...
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Bangor Hydro Electric Company (BHE) has successfully employed people with a disability for many years. "We believe that work is an important part of everyone's life," said Susan Faloon, BHE's communications officer. Employees with a disability, including those that require accommodation to perform their work, work in the same positions as non-disabled employees, such as in the call center and line operations.   "One of our meter readers happens to be deaf," said Faloon...
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