Posts filed under: sheltered work environment

May 22, 2011
The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch
Help wanted: Jobs for the disabled
Thousands of adults with Down syndrome, autism and other developmental disabilities work in Ohio at jobs that pay less money than a teen-age babysitter earns. Some say the low pay is immoral; others view the federal law as a godsend.
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Filed Under: employment, sheltered work environment

Oct. 19, 2010
KERO-TV (Bakersfield, Calif.)
Disabled Work Force Inspires Change
One North of the River company is serving as an international example for empowering people with disabilities to become an able part of the workforce.
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March 29, 2010
Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader
School-to-work program gives students a chance to gain job, life skills.
Morganne Box and Ian Featherston like their jobs and the people they work with. They go to work each day confident they are doing something that benefits not only them but others as well.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, education, employment, K-12, sheltered work environment

Jan. 24, 2010
Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram
Getting work is no easy job for the disabled
Michael Blazek, an out-of-work financial analyst who’s visually impaired, has one way to confront hiring managers’ questions about whether he can do the job. He brings his tools to the interview.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employment, learning disability, sheltered work environment, visually impaired

Dec. 28, 2009
The Des Moines (Iowa) Register
Disabled workers paid cents per hour at state-run homes
More than 300 mentally retarded people are being paid less than the minimum wage to work at the state-run Woodward and Glenwood homes for the disabled.
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