Disability Mentoring Day at Pride

EXETER, Pa. — Pride Mobility Products and Quantum Rehab
recently offered 10 students with disabilities an opportunity to be
mentored by career professionals during Disability Mentoring Day
Oct. 20 at Pride’s Exeter facility. Hosted by the American
Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the event is
designed to bring students and job seekers with disabilities into
the workplace through hands-on career exploration, onsite job
shadowing and ongoing mentoring leading to internship and
employment opportunities.

“As with all young people, it’s important that we foster the
fullest potentials of those with disabilities toward higher
education and rewarding career paths,” said Mark E. Smith, Pride
consumer research manager, in a release. “For many young people
with disabilities, their potentials truly are limitless, and by
increasing their awareness of career possibilities through such
events as Disability Mentoring Day, we ideally not only inspire
their outlooks, but place them on an ultimate path that will impact
the lives of many through great careers.”

DMD connects nearly 20,000 job-seekers with disabilities with
thousands of employers in more than 300 locations in every U.S.
state and territory and in more than 24 countries worldwide each
year. To find out more, visit www.dmd-aapd.org.