Inside DMD

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Welcome to the Disability Mentoring Program

2009 DMD Sponsors l  2009 DMD National Celebration and Launch l 
2009 DMD National Sponsorship Presentation - (Word) (Powerpoint) l DMD Around the Nation 

AAPD’s Disability Mentoring Day (DMD) Program is a national job-shadow and career exploration program designed to link students and jobseekers with disabilities to employers interested in hiring people with disabilities. AAPD coordinates DMD national through a network of more than 350 volunteer DMD Coordinators. DMD Coordinators are responsible for local DMD programs and share information about their programs on the DisabilityMentor.Net.

DMD is recognized nationally on the third Wednesday of every October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month. AAPD encourages our network of DMD Coordinators to center their local DMD activities around this date; however DMD activities can and do occur around the country on many different dates. To find out when your local DMD program is happening, please visit www.DisabilityMentor.net.

AAPD is proud to launch a new program website for Disability Mentoring Day, the DisabilityMentor.Net at www.disiabilitymentor.net. To get involved with DMD, find out about local DMD programming near you, find your DMD Local Coordinator or for other questions, please visit www.disabilitymentor.net.

Disability Mentoring Day (DMD) is a large-scale national effort to promote career development for students and job seekers with disabilities through hands-on career exploration, on-site job shadowing, and ongoing mentoring leading to internship and employment opportunities. Hosted by the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the largest national cross-disability membership organization in the United States, 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. DMD AT-A-Glance (PDF) (RTF)
	Over 2,000 participating public and private employers hosted mentees at their places of employment, with many continuing the mentoring relationships for long-term periods.

(l)Ft. Myers, Florida, mentee Tommy Scott spent time at Clear Channel Radio with D.J. "007" &
(r) Jordan Hinckley, a student at Skyline High School in Idaho Falls, Idaho, was mentored by James Hoff at a private aviation company where they rebuild old planes.

What's New with DMD

New DMD National Brochure   | New DMD Interactive Website

(l)2007 National DMD Career Fair and Kick Off Celebration
(r) DMD Participants at American Airlines