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

• By: Jeff Stimpson
• April 1st, 2014
• employment, Fair Labor Standards Act, father, wages
• 815    0

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...