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November 15, 2017 SpecialStoriesAuthor

Job training for youth with disabilities- Sooner is better for teens with disabilities entering the workforce

How old were you when you got your first job? I’m sure it wasn’t when you were twenty or twenty-two or . . . never. You likely got your first job when you were in your early teens. That’s what most of us did. We babysat...

November 14, 2017 SpecialStoriesAuthor

Job training for youth with disabilities- Job sampling a great tool for youth with disabilities

For some reason, society has unreasonably low expectations of youth with disabilities and a propensity to stereotype. In fact, there’s a prevailing and widespread belief that youth with disabilities pretty much have four job options if they...