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Get to Work: Self-Advocacy on the Job (audio)
By Amy Rockoff, NCLD Intern
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Workplace - Self-AdvocacyNCLD intern and NYU graduate student Amy Rockoff urges individuals with learning disabilities to be self-advocates during job interviews and in the workplace. Amy, who has a visual processing disorder, shares tips on how to utilize accommodations in the professional setting and gives her perspective on disclosure in this short podcast.

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