Appendix 1
Priority Areas and Examples of Actions

Education and Training

- Improve the quality, accessibility and availability of employment-related programs and supports.
- Improve access to the continuum of individualized, affordable, portable, education-related disability supports (e.g. technical aids, equipment, interpreter services and transportation.
- Expand pre-employment training and skills upgrading opportunities (e.g. technical aids and equipment, interpreter services and transportation).
- Increase training and education assistance to students with disabilities.
- Reduce education-related disincentives in income support and tax programs.
- Enhance transitional supports to post-secondary education and other training.
- Enhance education and training opportunities for Aboriginal people with disabilities.

Employment Participation

- Increase access to affordable, individualized, portable, employment-related disability supports.
- Improve tax credit programs and other measures to reduce the costs of employment-related disability supports.
- Strengthen programs that facilitate labour market transitions (e.g. school to work).
- Improve mechanisms for identifying and addressing job crisis situations.
- Increase and support work and volunteer placements.
- Enhance assessment, pre-employment and post-employment programs and services.
- Improve access to mainstream employment preparation programs.
- Improve accessibility of labour market information.
- Increase labour market opportunities for those whose disability may be episodic or degenerative.
- Increase tax incentives, which support labour market attachment for persons with disabilities.
- Provide more equitable services to all citizens, especially in rural and northern regions.
- Enhance employment services for Aboriginal People.

Employment Opportunities

- Increase the provision of portable, individualized workplace disability supports.
- Increase employment placement initiatives, supports and financial incentives for employers.
- Increase government employment of persons with disabilities.
- Enhance job coaching and mentoring services.
- Promote self-employment and entrepreneurship.

Connecting Employers and Persons with Disabilities

- Promote innovative recruitment, retention and disability management approaches.
- Improve accessible job placement networks.
- Improve access to labour market information and services to employers.
- Enhance education and awareness strategies to address employer concerns related to hiring persons with disabilities.
- Improve services that assist persons with disabilities obtain and maintain employment.

Building on the Existing Knowledge Base
- Build a comprehensive knowledge base through research and reporting on best practices.
- Improve data collection systems and program evaluation to better assess program effectiveness.
- Share research findings and promising practices.