Accessible Experiential Learning Opportunities for Deaf Students
![This image shows a man using an angle cutter and sparks coming when the metal is being cut. He is wearing safety goggles and ear protection.](https://nationaldeafcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/young-male-machinist.jpeg)
As part of our month-long recognition of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, NDC recognizes the importance of all types of experiential learning, including internship and field experiences, to support future employment endeavors.
Employment Report Shows Strong Labor Market Passing by Deaf Americans
![This is an image with green background. On top there is the text " Deaf People and Employment in The United States: 2019", then below that, it's written as " Carrie Lou Garberoglio, Jeffrey Levi Palmer, Stephanie Cawthon, and Adam Sales. At the bottom, there is an illustration of a figure of three men and three women placed in alternate order one next to each other. The third in order is a figure of a man in green color and is lifted by an image of a hand while the rest all the other five-figure are white and on the ground.](https://nationaldeafcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Image-8-22-19-at-10.19-AM.jpg)
Unemployment in the United States recently hit a 49-year low. However, the strong U.S. labor market is passing by hundreds of thousands of deaf Americans, according to findings of a new employment report by the National Deaf Center.