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Why is Integrated Employment so Important Anyway?
What did you want to be when you were a young child? A teacher? Doctor? Astronaut? When someone asks you who you are, or "tell me about yourself" do you say your name and your profession?
Society expects people to work, to be paid, and to make their own way. Additionally, work is a way for people to gain status, self definition and to achieve personal goals. Work is so important to an individuals self worth, that people often define themselves by their job, and the workplace (group) they belong to.
People with disabilities are not different. It is essential that people be placed into integrated work environments to promote these same feelings of self worth, achievement, and identification.
Employers will find value to hiring people with disabilities as well. Some benefits include a diverse workforce, a proactive image and tax benefits, just to name a few.
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Top Ten Reasons to Hire People with Disabilities:
- Employees with dabilities can ease concerns about labor supply.
- Employees with dasabilities can relate better to customers with disabilities, who represent $1 trillion in annual aggregate spending!
- People with disabilities have equal or higher job performance ratings, higher retention rates, and lower absenteeism.
- Diverse work groups can create better solutions to business challenges.
- People with disabilities are better educated than ever, and are proven to have met and/or exceeded challenges.
- A person with a disability motivated work groups and increases productivity.
- Companies that hire and accomodate people with disabilities in their workplace can receive tax benefits.
- Employing people with disabilities is good for the individual, the business and society.
- People with disabilities are motivated by the desire to give something back, and opportunities for personal growth, job flexability, and social inclusion.
- It is ability, not disability, that counts.
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Daylight Donuts: An Integrated Environment, Coming Soon to Richmond's West End!
Career Support Systems is creating an innovative business partnership with a nationally established retail donut franchise to create numerous job opportunities for our customers.
This highly integrated, image enhancing, community-business will provide stable and flexible employment for a wide range of customers with varying support needs. While some employees may need high intensity supports on a daily basis, others will only need job coach training services and co-worker support to succeed. This innovative marriage between an ESO and a proven national brand will generate enhanced community awareness and exciting opportunities for people with disabilities.
In addition to a supportive and integrated work environment, Daylight Donuts will lend itself as a situational assessment site for consumers as well.
Daylight Donuts will be located at 10260 West Broad Street, Glen Allen, VA and will be opening in Spring 2010. Look for a coupon in next month's edition!
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