Work from Home Jobs for the Handicap People

For many people with disabilities, meeting the requirements of a traditional job can be nearly impossible. But just because commuting or working long hours at time may be difficult, that doesn't mean the disabled can't be productive in the workplace.

People with disabilities have skills, talents and experiences that make them ideal employees, but may have physical limitations or a chronic medical condition that make it difficult to perform their duties in a traditional work environment.

The answer for many is to work from home. In fact, The American with Disabilities Act says that telecommuting -- a work from home job -- is a reasonable accommodation for people who are disabled.

For many years, telecommuting jobs were scarce and limited mostly to the technically knowledgeable and writers. In 1995, National Telecommuting Institute (NTI), a non-profit organization, was formed "to identify and develop work-at-home jobs for home-based Americans who are physically disabled."

NTI offers three ways people with disabilities can get work-from-home jobs.
 The Staffing Connection provides linkage agreements to Federal contractors that enable these contractors to meet specific hiring guidelines to hire the disabled, and helps place Americans with disabilities into these positions.

 NTI At Home offers jobs in customer service, technical support, quality control, and other jobs.

Hiring organizations are in many public and private companies from the AAA to the IRS. NTI is the prime contractor for the IRS and the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it acts as subcontractors for Medicare and Medicaid, the Department of Labor and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

It has also matched disabled home workers with private companies, including Ticket Master, Home Shopping Network, Alamo Rent a Car, and other well-recognized corporations.

NTI offers training to qualified job applicants, the fees for which are paid for by vocational rehab counseling agencies.

To qualify, you must submit a written certification of your disability before you can be offered a job via NTI. Either a physician or a Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) office in your state must provide a letter verifying that you have a chronic medical condition or disability.