What most people who have a mental or developmental disorder want is something that’s hard to dole out — hope. We just want to know that it’s going to be okay, someday, and that we have a chance of finding “normal.”
That’s why it touched my …
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Well thank you so much. It’s great to hear a bit of good positive news for a change. That sounds like a fabulous programme and I thoroughly agree with your underlying sentiment.
Cheers
[Ooo how apt!]
Sounds very interesting.
Providing meaningful purpose in the asutic life should be required for every educator.
I actually work for a non-profit organization that provides employment for the developmentally disabled population. The name of it is Once Again. They come in 3 days a week and earn an hourly wage. It is great for them because they get to leave their residential community and GO to work. They take pride in the work that they do, which is reconditioning donations that we get in as well as building a small line of products. The goal at Once Again is to provide members of this population with valuable experiences and we have been so successful at that. We just hope to keep selling our products so we can continue this program.