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# DLA Distribution Commander delivers disability awareness month message

By  DLA Distribution Public Affairs

                NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa.  –              
Throughout the month of October, we join the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy, in celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). The month is set aside to recognize the contributions America’s workers with disabilities make each day across our Nation. This year’s theme, “Advancing Access and Equity: Then, Now and Next,” recognizes that each person brings distinctive skills and capabilities to their employment. Ensuring equity, dignity, respect, and cooperation among all individuals are essential values in the DoD work environment.

The special observance month dates back to the end of World War II. As thousands of injured Warfighters returned to the states. In 1945, the U.S. government pushed to educate the public about issues relating to disabilities and employment and made specific efforts to assist these individuals. One result of this push was Congress enacting Public Law 176, declaring the first week of October each year as National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week, which later became an entire month-long awareness month. To read the full history of NDEAM, please take a moment to read the attached newsletter, created by DLA Distribution EEO.

This newsletter also highlights two DLA Distribution employees who have been involved in the Workforce Recruitment Program. As you read through the newsletter, please keep in mind that each person brings distinctive skills and capabilities to their employment. Ensuring equity, dignity, respect, and cooperation among all individuals are essential values in our work environment. As One Team, I expect that all employees will be treated with dignity and respect. Every employee and every job is important ... we will embrace the team with equality, selflessness, and duty to each other.

Mr. Knight and I would like to thank each and every one of you for your continued support to our Warfighters.

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