Button, Promotional
Button, Promotional
Button, Promotional

Button, Promotional

Object number2024.10.11
MediumMetal; Plastic; Paper; Ink
Credit LineGift of Joyce Bender
DescriptionCircular pinback button. Front has purple paper background with purple and white text. Button has clear plastic cover. Paper front and plastic cover are crimped around the perimeter. Shiny silver metal backer with horizontal pinback across center. DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 1.5 x 0.375 in. (3.8 x 1 cm)
InscriptionsFront has white and purple text "i am / one / in 26".
Historical NotesEpilepsy awareness button. New Galilee, Pennsylvania native Joyce Bender worked as an IT recruiter in Pittsburgh in the 1980s. A request to train students with disabilities in resume writing and interviewing at the Community College of Allegheny County’s Institute of Handicapped Children led to a pivot in her career. Joyce realized that people with disabilities were underemployed and not utilizing their skills and degrees. She started Bender Consulting which focused on finding competitive employment for people with disabilities in the IT sector. As an adult, Bender was diagnosed with epilepsy and lost hearing in her right ear as a result of fall related to a seizure. Through Bender’s advocacy, CCAC rebranded this program as the Institute of Advanced Technology. She became known for her saying, “People with disabilities need paychecks not pity.”
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