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1. Security: The facility-based program assured people with disabilities and their family members
that they would have an adult day program/service as an alternative to staying at home.
2. Consistency: The facility offered a pro-gram that was built around a routine.
3. Safety: The facility provided for a safe and well-supervised environment.
The advent of supported employment led many people with disabilities, family members,
service providers, and other citizens to examine their values and approach to rehabilitation. Over
time, people with disabilities, families, advocates, and professionals began to criticize and openly
disapprove of sheltered employment facilities. This general dissatisfaction occurred as a natural
evolution of the philosophical mind-shift that emerged during the 1970's and 1980's. With the
national publication of successful supported employment demonstration projects, there emerged a
new rehabilitation model. Employment was seen, by many, as the means by which people with
disabilities could obtain community membership.
From its inception, in the early 1980's supported employment services have required
rehabilitation service providers, employers, families, and legislatures to examine their values
regarding an individual’s right to work. These discussions included such issues as severity and type
of disability, type of employment, number of hours worked, benefits, earnings, and environmental
setting. Supported employment job has always been about real community jobs for all people, specifically
those individuals with significant disabilities. This means physical and social participation of
supported employment participants in the business setting with equal pay for equal work; in fact, the
higher the earnings the better. By the end of the 1980’s, many historical events had occurred that led
to the establishment of supported employment as a viable rehabilitation service option.
that they would have an adult day program/service as an alternative to staying at home.
2. Consistency: The facility offered a pro-gram that was built around a routine.
3. Safety: The facility provided for a safe and well-supervised environment.
The advent of supported employment led many people with disabilities, family members,
service providers, and other citizens to examine their values and approach to rehabilitation. Over
time, people with disabilities, families, advocates, and professionals began to criticize and openly
disapprove of sheltered employment facilities. This general dissatisfaction occurred as a natural
evolution of the philosophical mind-shift that emerged during the 1970's and 1980's. With the
national publication of successful supported employment demonstration projects, there emerged a
new rehabilitation model. Employment was seen, by many, as the means by which people with
disabilities could obtain community membership.
From its inception, in the early 1980's supported employment services have required
rehabilitation service providers, employers, families, and legislatures to examine their values
regarding an individual’s right to work. These discussions included such issues as severity and type
of disability, type of employment, number of hours worked, benefits, earnings, and environmental
setting. Supported employment job has always been about real community jobs for all people, specifically
those individuals with significant disabilities. This means physical and social participation of
supported employment participants in the business setting with equal pay for equal work; in fact, the
higher the earnings the better. By the end of the 1980’s, many historical events had occurred that led
to the establishment of supported employment as a viable rehabilitation service option.
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