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.