#sheltered workshop

[theautisticschizo]

I had a meltdown today and I felt ashamed. It was for a stupid reason.

My favorite stim toy, that I used everyday for 3 weeks straight at work, broke and it made me so upset. It was expensive and I had to walk 40 minutes to get it bc the mailman dropped it off at the office without bringing it to my apartment. So I also had to work for it and it was special (needoh nice cube). It popped at the seal.

My morning was already stressful. It was my first day back after my burnout break and I still felt exhausted. I was tired, stressed and exhausted and my stim toy breaking was the trigger.

I was hitting my thighs, I tried so hard not to cry out loud and scream. I was so upset I got so nauseous. And the worst part is, no one left me alone.

The care worker was sitting in front of me trying to get me to answer and I couldn't. I couldn't speak or respond. She had to get the main care taker aka my favorite. Her and my Husband took me to the Time Out room to calm down and omg that room is amazing!! It's full of like this white couch mattress thing? And everything is white and it has dim lights and also bean bags with blankets and pillows and did huge water tube thingy for visual stims!

I was able to calm down and use my AAC device to talk bc the care taker was still in the room with us. I explained the situation with her.

After calming down more I was able to verbally talk with her and she let me info dump about perfumes to her

And the best part is, bc I'm still so extremely overwhelmed with this new work place and my symptoms, she's making a daily plan for me to go to the Time out room after every break for 30 min everyday till I'm more used to it!

I hope this will help me

[autisticadvocacy]

A new disability rights directive from the Obama administration has cast fresh doubts on the future of Minnesota’s decades-old system of subsidizing specialized workshops that employ people with disabilities.

Federal disability rights directive could put a bull's-eye on Minnesota

[autisticadvocacy]

Just as people with disabilities have a right to live in the community, the U.S. Department of Justice is warning states that the same rights apply to employment and other activities too.

The civil rights of PwD are violated by unnecessary segregation in a wide variety of settings including in employment

[kkorman]

One man's effort to move up professionally is highlighting the unusual arrangement when people with disabilities are both workers and clients at the same agency.

In an effort to advance himself in his career and life a gentleman with a brain injury was denied the position because he is not considered on employee, but a client of the organization that he works. This sort of practice is being phased out around the country, giving those individuals with a disability a greater sense of purpose and also a fair wage and shot at advancement..

[autisticadvocacy]

In a move that could have widespread implications, a judge has ordered a sheltered workshop to pay more than $54,000 in damages and back pay after wrongly setting subminimum wages.

A judge has ordered Seneca Re-ad Industries Inc. to pay more than $54,000 in damages and back pay

[kkorman]

In 2002, Vermont became the first state to stop funding sheltered workshops for people with disabilities. Today, the state leads the nation in almost every measure of workplace inclusion.

Vermont is the way in the civil rights battle for the disabilities as it is the leader in inclusion of those with disabilities in the workplace. Removing those with disabilities from neat little boxes where they are tucked away and not thought about or seen brings many social, economical and mental health benefits to the employees and also the community.

[autisticadvocacy]

The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon approved a settlement agreement between the Justice Department, a class of private plaintiffs and the state of Oregon, which resolved the department’s and the class plaintiffs’ claims against the state under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Continue Reading Lane v. Brown Landmark Settlement Agreement Announced

OR: The agreement calls for people in sheltered workshops to receive jobs in the community at competitive wages

[starnova-between-two-worlds]

People are awesome

The discovery of crippling workplace anxiety, which has existed in me since my senior year of high school, has created yet another roadblock. 

But after I contacted my DVR counselor about it, she said that she is going to try to get me approved for a sheltered workshop; a mock workplace I can work at with a fully equipped staff, to help me combat the fear that is holding me back from entering a real workplace. And if there are no sheltered workshops, she said that she’s going to try to find something else that will work like one. 

My new psychologist, who is assisting in this endeavor, has Aspergers himself. The first thing he said to me, after telling me that he has Aspergers, was, “I’ve been through many of the same things that you are going through right now.” 

I am in SUCH fuckin’ good hands.