Set Up a Proper Intern Program
Some employers annually look forward to the prospect of free summer labor provided by unpaid interns. But not every intern should be unpaid. In 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor adopted a six-factor test to determine whether a person could lawfully be classified as an unpaid intern under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. If…
Intellectual Disability Policy as Developed, Expressed, and Evaluated in AAIDD/The Arc Joint Statements: The Role of Organization Position Statements
©AAIDD | INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 2017, Vol. 55, No. 4, 269–275 DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556-55.4.269 The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) and The Arc of the United States (The Arc) have a long history of joined efforts to develop, express, and evaluate disability policies. These efforts have resulted in a series of formal statements…
