Chet Cooper

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Chet Cooper
Occupation(s)Advocate, Publisher, Journalist, Public Speaker

Chet Cooper, is best known as a leading advocate for

ABILITY Magazine, ABILITY Awareness, and JobAccess.org.[3]

ABILITY Magazine

In 1991 Cooper launched ABILITY Magazine, the first newsstand magazine focusing on issues of health and disability.

Time Warner
, ABILITY Magazine is a bimonthly (6 issues annually) publication.

ABILITY Awareness

In 1995 Cooper founded ABILITY Awareness, a non-profit foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for people with disabilities through housing, employment, education, media and volunteer opportunities. In response to the growing population of low-income people with disabilities, Cooper created ABILITY House, a program of ABILITY Awareness.

Think Quest Internet Challenge), which provides scholarships to winning teams of students where one or more members have a disability.[7]

ABILITY Jobs - abilityjobs.com

Ability Jobs - Online job board

Cooper also developed abilityjobs.com (formerly JobAccess.org), an internet employment site for people with disabilities.[8] Abilityjobs.com helps those with disabilities find jobs within companies, government and non-profit organizations. According to Cooper, eighty percent of workers with disabilities are unemployed looking at the Percent of Population in Labor Force numbers the government provides. However, many have given up searching for work after countless unsuccessful attempts. As a result, they no longer are classified as unemployed and consequently government estimates of disabled people without work is substantially less than the real number.[9]

Ability Job Fair - Online career fair

Continuing his work to improve employment for people with disabilities, he started ABILITYJobFair.org, an online, face-to-face career fair experience for job seekers with disabilities and recruiters.

Awards and Recognitions

He has been honored by President George W. Bush at a private White House ceremony where he was presented with the President's Community Volunteer Award,

Easter Seals Awareness Award, to name a few.[2]

Public Speaking

He is a member of the California Governor's Media Access board,

Points of Light Foundation.[2] He has spoken in Switzerland, China (Beijing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Hong Kong), Israel, England, Abu Dhabi, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Armenia, Qatar, and Scotland.[11]

Chet Cooper has also been pontificating about the power

UN
on disability and social media on September 13, 2012,
[13] Cooper continues to present the tremendous influence such social media channels as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have. He discusses social media tools, their measurable performance, Web influencers, value of unique information and content generation.[14]

Personal life

Cooper has personally been diagnosed with

Western State University.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Did They Think Pete Wilson Was a Democrat? - Page 2 - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  2. ^ a b c d http://abilitymagazine.com/ChetBio.htm , ABILITY Magazine, Chet Cooper Biography
  3. ^ "Accessing Social Media Speaker Bios" (PDF). Transition FCC.
  4. ^ "Ability Magazine - launched as the first newsstand magazine focused on issues of health and disability". Archived from the original on 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2012-12-09., Ketupa.net, A Media Industry Resource
  5. ^ "Archives".
  6. ^ "Ability House Meets Habitat For Humanity." MidWeek Windward Pa'ina May 03, 2006.
  7. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Govtjobs247.com". Archived from the original on 2022-01-23. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  9. ^ "Employment for People with Disabilities « Liveshots". Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2012-12-09., Colby, Jamie. "Employment for People With Disabilities." Fox News December 23, 2009.
  10. ^ "Home". presidentialserviceawards.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  11. ^ "Chet Cooper". chetcooper.com/. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  12. ^ ,"How to Engage Media to Promote Awareness." Inclusive September 7, 2011.
  13. ^ "UN Enable - Side-events to the fifth session of the Conference of States Parties,12-14 September 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2012-12-09.,"UN Enable."
  14. ^ "United States International Council on Disabilities - Social Media and Disability". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-12-09.,"Social Media and Disability." United States International Council on Disabilities.
  15. ^ , Gee, Elise. "Rebuilding their abilities." Daily Pilot October 30, 1999.