Next Steps

For more about how to support your child as he or she looks for a job and gets one, read DB101’s articles:

• What Parents Can Do to Support Future Employment, a short list of tips to get started.
• Start Planning Now, which covers many of the basic issues faced by young people with disabilities as they become adults.
• Finding a Job, which discusses the processes involved in deciding what sorts of work to look for and strategies for finding that work.
• Working, which looks at what happens after your child gets a job and includes valuable suggestions about making sure work goes well.
• Four Ways Benefits Support Work, which looks at why your child will be better off when working.
• Use DB101’s School and Work Estimator to get a sense of how work could impact your child’s benefits.

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The Minnesota Disability Law Center (MDLC) provides free assistance to people with civil legal issues related to their disability. Call the MDLC Intake Line at 1-612-334-5970 (Twin Cities metro area), 1-800-292-4150 (Greater Minnesota), or 1-612-332-4668 (TTY).