"For a fleeting moment," Richard Salem said, "I forgot that I couldn't see." Since then, Salem hasn't let much slow him down. He says he was the first blind student at Duke University's law school. He ran for U.S. Congress in 1977. He worked on Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign. He founded a Tampa law firm in 1981 that works with companies in 17 countries and more than 30 U.S. cities. As a lawyer, he represents business interests in court and before government agencies. (more...)

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For millions of Americans with disabilities, gainful employment remains out of reach. Enable America is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing employment among the 54 million Americans with disabilities.

More than 70 percent of adults with disabilities want to work – that’s an untapped work force of 18 million people.

Our goal is to work with all members of the community – including disabled individuals, service providers, government agencies, advocacy groups, existing organizations and employers – to eliminate barriers to employment and bridge the gap between disabled job seekers and the employers who want to hire them.

Hiring a person with a disability makes good business sense.

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NOTICE: 2008 Stimulus Payments “Individuals who might not otherwise be required to file a 2007 tax return will need to file a return this year to receive the stimulus payment; In other words, low-income workers who had at least $3,000 in earned income in 2007 but do not otherwise earn enough to be required to file a federal tax return need to file a return in order to get the stimulus payment. Likewise, Social Security recipients, veterans and retired railroad workers who might not otherwise need to file a tax return must do so to receive the economic stimulus payment.” Click here for the complete report.

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