WorkWORLD Help/Information System

Clicking either the icon or the link above will take you to the web version of the complete WorkWORLD^TM Help/Information System. It is the same basic system that is contained within the complete WorkWORLD software program and the stand-alone WorkWORLD Help/Information System, both of which are available by order from this website. Operation of the installed Help/Information System from the complete program or as a stand-alone is vastly faster than using it here on the web.

The Help/Information System on the Web may contain new and/or updated topics that are based on information or program features not available at the time of the last release of the WorkWORLD program. We are making it available here so that you may see the breadth of its contents, both for Help in every aspect of operating the WorkWORLD program as well as for information about topics of interest to consumers and their advocates and families, benefits planners, employment networks, and others interested in increasing the net income of people with disabilities. We also wish to make the information contained within it accessible to a wider audience, and hope it is useful to those who promote increased self-determination, self-support, and self-sufficiency for people with disabilities.

Please remember that the Help/Information System is designed primarily for operation within the WorkWORLD software program. Although the benefit information in the WorkWORLD Help/Information System should be useful to many in the version available here, the complete WorkWORLD software helps reduce the amount of information each individual has to deal with by asking questions that establish the individual's current policy situation. As WorkWORLD users answer the questions that apply to them, they can get information about the meaning of each question and its relevance to their situation.

The Help/Information System within WorkWORLD also allows users to get additional information for every Recommendation, Note, or Alert that the software provides to individual users. In this way, information is provided within the context of each individual user's specific current situation and every exploratory "What-If" situation. WorkWORLD focuses on needed information while helping the user avoid being overwhelmed by irrelevant information. (The sheer bulk of disability-related non-individualized information can sometimes scare people into being mistakenly cautious about increasing their earnings, net income, and/or resources.)

The real advantage of WorkWORLD decision support software is that it guides users to explore their own unique paths to self-sufficiency and to learn about those programs and policies that are specifically relevant to their interests and needs. WorkWORLD gives specific information about how individuals can increase their net income through earnings and work-incentive-based solutions.

Providing the Help/Information system on the web can also help people learn about disability policy. We recommend, however, that people get the complete WorkWORLD software if they truly want to understand how policies affect individuals.

The Help/Information System originally was formatted for display using the help engine built into the Windows operating system. It has been reformatted so that virtually any browser can display it, but some browsers render the pages better than others. For instance, Microsoft Internet Explorer produces pages that more accurately portray the original than does Netscape Navigator.

If you have a slow dial-up connection to the internet, it may take some time for the Table of Contents, Index, and Search tables to be sent to your browser, as they each contain thousands of entries. Please be patient, as this delay will only occur during the first time it is downloaded during each visit to this website. Operation of the Help/Information System is instantaneous within the WorkWORLD software program, since the required files reside on your computer and no downloading is necessary.

Please contact us at workworld@vcu.edu with your suggestions and comments about the WorkWORLD Help/Information System.

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