Cabinet Declares Disability Employment Month

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi introduced a resolution at the September 29 Cabinet meeting declaring October as Disability Employment Awareness Month in Florida.

Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) employee Stacia Woolverton addressed Governor Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet on the importance of including people with disabilities in the workforce.

Along with Woolverton, leaders from APD, Department of Economic Opportunity, Vocational Rehabilitation, Blind Services, Veterans’ Affairs, Arc of Florida, Able Trust, Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, and Florida Association of Rehabilitation Facilities were there to accept the resolution.

Stacia Woolverton, Gov. Rick Scott, APD Director Barbara Palmer, members of the Florida Cabinet and others pose for a photo after October was declared as Disability Employment Awareness Month.