[Winona Online Democracy]
I have too many thoughts on this topic Scott.
I will mention two -
The cheapest way for society to deal with the need for welfare --
economic assistance for low income persons unable to make it on their
own - is to just give them a welfare check. So, if the concern is
only money, forget all the services and just give them a check. I
think in the past this same thing has been true for employers -- even
if they felt a responsibility for the disabled in the community, it
was cheaper for them to give money to a charity than to employ.
In today's economy the motivation to hire persons with disabilities is
at an all time high for purely economic reasons. The supports and
in-service training necessary for that person to work there will be
provided by the employer. Professionals in the helping and teaching
fields tend to be too protective and unnecessarily delay the persons
entry into competetative employment and movement to being independent
of services. Just talk to the people up in St. Cloud who watched the
changes that took place when the sheltered workshop changed hands and
all the workers moved out into competitive employment.
Well Scott -- you asked about predominant attitudes -- How did I do?
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From: "Scott Lowery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 11:00 PM
Subject: [Winona] trying again
> [Winona Online Democracy]
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> (new topic: employment of people with disabilities)
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> My first attempt at introducing this topic didn't provoke any
response, so
> I'm going to try again. Maybe I jumped in with too much detail. Let
me
> simply ask a few questions and not offer any of my opinions.
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> 1) Do community employers have any responsibility to try to find
ways to
> hire people with disabilities? What about if we only consider young
adults,
> just getting started in the workforce? What responsibilities does
the
> business community have for their employment?
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> 2) What are the predominant attitudes in the community about people
with
> disabilities working in integrated work settings, possibly in the
public
> eye, versus employing them in sheltered settings where they don't
interact
> much with non-handicapped co-workers or with the general public?
>
> I've already written too much about what I think in my previous
posting.
> I'm interested in knowing what people think about these questions.
>
> Scott Lowery
> 461 Sunnyview Drive, Rollingstone MN 55969
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> "You can fool too many of the people too much of the time." James
Thurber
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