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Rising Star receives our referrals directly from Texas Workforce Solutions \u2013 Vocational Rehabilitation Services (TWS-VRS) for supportive employment services. If you believe that your disability is hindering you from successfully obtaining employment, please apply for services through your local TWS-VRS office. If you need assistance locating the nearest TWS-VRS office please call 800-628-5115 or visit texasworkforce.org\/offices\/vr-generalservices.html. Once you are approved for services your assigned TWC-VRS Counselor will assist you with obtaining the services needed to obtain successful supportive employment. Your requested referral for Rising Star would be appreciated.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”How does the Federal Government define ‘disability’?” open=”off” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n For the purposes of federal disability nondiscrimination laws (such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Section 188 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), the definition of a person with a disability is typically defined as someone who (1) has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more \u201cmajor life activities,\u201d (2) has a record of such an impairment, or (3) is regarded as having such an impairment. As a provider of contract services to TIBH Industries and SourceAmerica, a disability must impart your competitive employment as a result of your diagnoses and functional limitation.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rising Star receives our referrals directly from Texas Workforce Solutions \u2013 Vocational Rehabilitation Services (TWS-VRS) for supportive employment services. If you believe that your disability is hindering you from successfully obtaining employment, please apply for services through your local TWS-VRS office. If you need assistance locating the nearest TWS-VRS office please call 800-628-5115 or visit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/risingstarcorp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/risingstarcorp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/risingstarcorp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risingstarcorp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risingstarcorp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/risingstarcorp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":619,"href":"https:\/\/risingstarcorp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions\/619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/risingstarcorp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}