Co-Founder & Executive Director
Scott Hatley
“It doesn’t matter what you’re facing, you can do anything you want.”
Twenty-two years of building this place, through Duchenne muscular dystrophy, on the expectation his family set and never lowered.
National Disability Employment Awareness Month · October 2026
Celebrating Value and Talent.
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. At INCIGHT it is the month the rest of the country catches up with what we do every other month of the year.
THE GAP IS NOT ABOUT CAPABILITY.
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39.8%
Of working-age people with disabilities are employed.
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74.6%
Of working-age people without disabilities are employed.
It is about expectation. INCIGHT exists to close it.
nTIDE, August 2026 — employment-to-population ratio, ages 16–64, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey.
WHAT WE DO ABOUT IT.
Six routes, running all year. October is when the rest of the country is looking.
Scholarships
More than 1,062 awarded since 2004, on community involvement and motivation — never on financial need.
See the scholarship →
Job Fairs
Free in-person hiring events across the Portland metro, roughly every other month, each with 20+ disability-aware employers.
See the fairs →
Career Coaching
One-to-one resume reviews, mock interviews and application guidance. Free to job seekers, every time.
Get coaching →
Disability-Aware Leader™ Programs
Training that moves an organization past awareness and into how it actually hires, promotes and retains.
See the programs →
The INCIGHTful Program
An expectation-driven curriculum preparing students for higher education, employment and independent living.
See the curriculum →
Get Ahead Workshops
Free virtual sessions between the fairs — resumes, interviews, applicant tracking systems and AI-era job searching.
See the workshops →
In their own words
Value and talent are not abstractions.
Three people INCIGHT has backed, filmed this year.
INCIGHT Scholar · University of Oregon
Jake Deering
“You’re not going to get 10 or 15 percent better. But you can always get 1 percent better every day.”
Thirty-six major surgeries and a product design degree in progress. Talent is the word for this, and it was there the whole time.
Designer · Co-Owner, Alter Ego Cider
Margaret Drew
“Through that community, you make connections and build confidence and a love and embracing of the disability that you have.”
A 2007 scholarship, then interview coaching, then a freelance brief that became the design job she still holds. Today she co-owns a cider company.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OCTOBER.
Every event is free, and all of them are run by our employment team through JobsNow.org.
Show Up Ready: Job Fair & Interview Strategies
Free online Get Ahead workshop
Arrive prepared, make a strong first impression and perfect your elevator pitch — two weeks before the fair, which is exactly when it is worth knowing.
Register free →
PSU – NDEAM Job Fair
Portland State University · Portland, OR · 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Our NDEAM job fair, in its second year at PSU. Open to job seekers of all abilities and experience levels. No charge, no ticket needed beyond registration.
Job seekers register → Employers register →
Most organizations mark NDEAM with a post. The ones that change anything spend the month looking at how they hire. We train teams to do that — built around your vision, mission, values and culture, not a slide deck off a shelf.
Book a free consultationFOR INDIVIDUALS.
Apply for a Scholarship
Applications open in spring for the following academic year. Oregon, Washington and California residents.
See the criteria →
Come to the Job Fair
Every JobsNow.org event is free for job seekers, and the employers in the room came to hire.
Register on JobsNow.org →
Book Career Coaching
A resume review or a mock interview with someone who does this every week.
Get in touch →
Every October, and every other month
Expect great things.
Job fairs, workshops and scholarship deadlines, as they are announced.
