We’ve created a directory of resources for individuals with LD who are looking for job and workplace resources.

Below are links to each state’s labor commission’s disability employment  services. These resources can include:

  • Job matching and placement services for individuals with disabilities
  • Services to assist with employment
  • Information about the eligibility process for filing a disability claim
  • Postsecondary education support services
  • Assistive technology
  • The eligibility process for social security benefits
  • Vocational adjustment training
  • And more!

Resources available can vary from state to state. Some states have resources for individuals with disabilities who are looking for employment under their employment division website, health and human services division website, or may have another website entirely dedicated to individuals with disabilities. Most likely, resources on employment for individuals with disabilities can be found under the ‘Vocational Rehabilitation’ category.  

National Resources

O*Net

The O*NET Program is the nation’s primary source of occupational information. Valid data are essential to understanding the rapidly changing nature of work and how it impacts the workforce and U.S. economy. From this information, applications are developed to facilitate the development and maintenance of a skilled workforce.

JAN (Job Accommodation Network)

The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is the leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on job accommodations and disability employment issues. Serving customers across the United States and around the world for more than 35 years, JAN provides free one-on-one practical guidance and technical assistance on job accommodation solutions

GED.com

Learn more about GED online testing for your state!

EARN (Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion)

EARN has information and resources to help employers, HR professionals and diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) staff create workplaces that are inclusive of people with disabilities.

LEAD Center

On this site you will learn about resources, programs and partnerships that can create an inclusive workforce system. Our work supports people with disabilities and people who work on employment and workforce development at the state and local level.

PACER’s National Parent Center on Transition and Employment

Person Centered Planning is an ongoing problem-solving process used to help people with disabilities plan for their future. In person centered planning, groups of people focus on an individual and that person’s vision of what they would like to do in the future. This “person-centered” team meets to identify opportunities for the focus person to develop personal relationships, participate in their community, increase control over their own lives, and develop the skills and abilities needed to achieve these goals.

National Disability Institute

A national nonprofit committed exclusively to financial education & empowerment for people with disabilities.

State Resources

Alaska

Vocational Rehabilitation: We Help Alaskans with Disabilities Get and Keep Jobs


Alabama

Alabama’s Employment Services


Arizona

Arizona’s Vocational Rehabilitation Services:


Arkansas

Arkansas Workforce Services


California

California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency


Colorado

Colorado’s Division of Vocational Rehabilitation


Connecticut

Employment for Individuals with Disabilities


Delaware

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation


Florida

Resources for Assisting Individuals with Disabilities


Georgia

Find Resources for Jobseekers with Disabilities


Hawaii

Hawaii’s Disability Employment Initiative


Idaho

Job Seekers Able to Work


Illinois

Illinois Department of Human Services: Disability and Rehabilitation


Indiana

Job Seekers with Disabilities


Iowa

Employment and Disability


Kansas

Disability Resources for Kansans with Disabilities


Kentucky

Kentucky’s Office of Vocational Rehabilitation


Louisiana

Louisiana’s Vocational Rehabilitation Program


Maine

Maine’s Vocational Rehabilitation Services


Maryland

Maryland’s Division of Rehabilitation Services


Massachusetts

Massachusetts Rehabilitation Services


Michigan

Michigan Rehabilitation Resources


Minnesota

Minnesota’s Employment and Economic Development Commission: People with Disabilities


Mississippi

Mississippi Department of Employment Security: Resources for People with Disabilities


Missouri

State of Missouri Disability Portal: Employment Resources


Montana

Disability Employment and Transitions


Nebraska

Nebraska Vocational Rehabilitation


Nevada

Nevada Vocational Rehabilitation


New Hampshire

Employment for Individuals with Disabilities


New Jersey

New Jersey Vocational and Rehabilitation Services


New Mexico

New Mexico Department of Vocational Rehabilitation


New York

New York ACCES-VR


North Carolina

North Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Services


North Dakota

North Dakota Health and Human Services: Vocational Rehabilitation


Ohio

Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities


Oklahoma

Oklahoma Rehabilitation Services


Oregon

Oregon Department of Human Services: Vocational Rehabilitation


Pennsylvania

Employment and Training Services for Individuals with Disabilities


Rhode Island

Rhode Island Rehabilitation Services


South Carolina

South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation


South Dakota

South Dakota Department of Human Services, Rehabilitation Services


Tennessee

Tennessee Department of Human Services, Vocational Rehabilitation


Texas

Texas Workforce Commission, Vocational Rehabilitation

See also: Texas Center for Learning Disabilities, and Disability Rights Texas


Utah

Utah Workforce Services, Rehabilitation


Vermont

Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living


Virginia

Virginia’s Division of Rehabilitative Services


Washington

Washington Department of Health and Human Services: Division of Vocational Rehabilitation


West Virginia

West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services


Wisconsin

Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development


Wyoming

Wyoming Workforce Services: Vocational Rehabilitation

You can find more information about state vocational rehabilitation agencies from the Rehabilitation Services Administration.

If you’re unable to find the resources you’re looking for on your state website, reach out to us at info@ldaamerica.org and we may be able to help you find other resources.