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I would. But that comes with a very specific reason. I have worked with children and teens with mild-severe Autism and a plethora of other developmental and physical disabilities for the past three years. It is my job to help set these kids up to have a future, and to have a manager like you (hypothetically) hire them. Many children who attended Autism schools (like the one I taught at previously) instead of learning math like all of the other kids, work 7 hours a day to obtain skills they would need to hold a steady part time job, even if it means a minuscule assembly task that is probably taken by a machine at this point.
In my state, we are very much about mom and pop businesses with keeping business in state and having people do the work, not machines. At a school like where I worked at, these kids have the opportunity to have vocational rehab. They go to different jobs and again, focus more on what it means to be employed somewhere, what it means to be able to keep a steady job, be supervised in what they might be doing (stocking shelves, greeting customers, etc.) and what they need to do if they need help. When a child ages out of Children's Services (usually between the ages of 19-21) they are eligible to receive a waiver for work support services. This is someone that is paid by the state, not the employer to assist the client to make sure that they are completing their job correctly and to the standards of the employer. I would rather take someone under my wing who has been working so hard to have the opportunities that everyone else has and is often looked down upon than someone who could probably get a job elsewhere, regardless of constraints. In fact, I would be honored to have them as a part of my team. Then again, I'm someone who not out of personal experience for myself, but out of watching nearly a hundred kids cycle through my life that are going through the same repeated struggles I can say it with extreme confidence that I would consider moreso hiring a disabled worker.
Again, my two cents, but whatever.
In my state, we are very much about mom and pop businesses with keeping business in state and having people do the work, not machines. At a school like where I worked at, these kids have the opportunity to have vocational rehab. They go to different jobs and again, focus more on what it means to be employed somewhere, what it means to be able to keep a steady job, be supervised in what they might be doing (stocking shelves, greeting customers, etc.) and what they need to do if they need help. When a child ages out of Children's Services (usually between the ages of 19-21) they are eligible to receive a waiver for work support services. This is someone that is paid by the state, not the employer to assist the client to make sure that they are completing their job correctly and to the standards of the employer. I would rather take someone under my wing who has been working so hard to have the opportunities that everyone else has and is often looked down upon than someone who could probably get a job elsewhere, regardless of constraints. In fact, I would be honored to have them as a part of my team. Then again, I'm someone who not out of personal experience for myself, but out of watching nearly a hundred kids cycle through my life that are going through the same repeated struggles I can say it with extreme confidence that I would consider moreso hiring a disabled worker.
Again, my two cents, but whatever.