"2006 DADEO Mentoring Week for Students with Disabilities Offers Employment Opportunities”

PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA. – November 22, 2006 – 

Rose Lee Archer is the Producer & Host of her weekly Public Affairs television program. The half hour program focuses on a variety of issues that affect her viewer’s life. Off camera Rose Lee is a national disability advocate and parent who recognizes the employment disparity faced by high school students and job seekers with disabilities.
 
Did you know that only 35 % of individuals with disabilities between the ages of 16 and 64, are employed in the US? While 78 % of able-minded and able-bodied people in the same age bracket have jobs.
 
In 1998, Rose Lee founded the Archer Disability Foundation, after introducing community outreach programs that focused on employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. Today ADF offers unique informative events that educate business leaders to the talents and abilities offered by America’s most underutilized labor pool. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 22 % of Americans live with at least one disability. Individuals with disabilities are from all ages, races, ethnicities, socioeconomic status and educational attainment.
 
The "2006 DADEO Mentoring Week for Students with Disabilities" was a collaborative effort between ADF, Home Depot Stores and the Palm Beach County School District.
 
The successful mentoring program is structured to increase job opportunities for exceptional students before they transition out of high school and into the community. "We created the program for transition students," said Rose Lee Archer. "It is a big social problem for these students, because when they turn 21 years old they are out of the school system. If they are not employed they will not be able to live independent and will be left to live with their parents or family members. Unfortunately, some will end up homeless and never integrate into the community. Unemployment is a huge barrier that prevents social inclusion," Archer said.

On and off camera Rose Lee works to expand the message of the resources available to increase social inclusion to persons with disabilities. Her journalistic talents were honored with the "2005 Small Business Journalist of the Year Award." Her community involvement as an independent television producer and national disability advocate was recognized with the 2004 Best Diversity Initiative, South Florida Business Journal.
 
Rose Lee is a member of the Florida Independent Living Council, Able Trust’s, Governor’s Alliance to Employ Persons with Disabilities, Palm Beach County Disability Mentoring Liaison and the Florida Business Leadership Network.
 
Learn how your business can join the nationwide effort to promote career development for students and job seekers with disabilities. Discover how Rose Lee’s unique Disability Mentoring Career Day will benefit the community by hiring the talents of a person with a disability.
 
For more information call Rose Lee today at 561-241-7987
Rose Lee Archer, Producer & Host of the Rose Lee Archer Show on i TV. Visit her web site at www.roseleearchershow.com