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ODEP and BASEBALL

THANK YOU

…to Major League Baseball and Jim Abbott for contributing to the success of the PITCH campaign and to the public for your positive response. Although the campaign has drawn to a close, the progress continues. Visit Jim’s website, www.jimabbott.info, to stay current with his activities.

We encourage you to regularly visit ODEP’s Business Sense page to keep abreast of the Business to Business dialogue on the employment of people with disabilities.

JIM ABBOTT TALKS ABOUT ABILITY
Jim is now speaking to nationwide audiences about the value of hiring people with disabilities.

             

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Situation

June 2009


Percentage of people with disabilities in the labor force:

  22.6%

Unemployment rate of persons with a     disability:

    14.3%

 

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