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AbilityWorks provides people with disabilities hands-on job training and work experience. This is a crucial step to gaining independence and a better quality of life through employment. Employers report that AbilityWorks training has provided them with some of the best workers who are not only qualified, but also enthusiastic and dedicated.
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Mississippians with disabilities are learning job skills at AbilityWorks because of businesses like Tackl Technologies.
AbilityWorks, a division of MDRS, is a network of community rehabilitation programs that provide vocational assessment, job training, and actual work experience to individuals with disabilities.
These job opportunities are made possible through an array of contract and subcontract services provided to local businesses, like Tackl Technologies.
In Mississippi, more than 270,000 adults have a disability, and like Cortez, more than 80% of these individuals have jobs. The opportunities provided by the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services enable over 4,500 Mississippians with disabilities to become actively employed every year. The agency is a lifeline to those with disabilities, providing new careers and "Opportunities for Independence.”
Cortez Sims, paralyzed at age 19, is living life without limitations.
The Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services has helped him to realize “time waits for no one.”