Cut Out for Him: A Father on His Son’s Employment Future

• By: Jeff Stimpson
• April 1st, 2014
• disability rights, employment, Fair Labor Standards Act, father, job training, transition to adulthood, vocational skills, wages, work-based learning, young adults
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My 15-year-old son Alex (diagnosed PDD-NOS) goes to a special-needs school where some students are old enough to work. A few years ago Alex’s teacher told me about when she approached a local thrift shop about students volunteering there. “We don’t hire the handicapped,” the clerk...