Program gives autistic students confidence to join work force – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
This Pennsylvania program gives students with autism a taste of the work world before they turn 21. The unemployment rate for autistic adults is 80 percent, according to this story from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Shawn Curren hates when his hands are dirty.
When the students in his class at NHS Human Services Autism School in Whitney pass around cheese curls to eat, Curren, 16, of Greensburg immediately has to wash off the orange powder left on his fingers.
But when his boss at Adam and Eve Pet Station near Latrobe asks him to dig into a bag of hay and pull out handfuls to put in a rabbit cage, Curren obliges happily.
“Try to get it around the bowl here,” pet store owner David Shultz tells Curren as he scoops up one last handful. “That’s good!”
Curren’s foray into the working world is part of NHS Human Services’ transition program for autistic students who attend the organization’s schools in Herminie and Unity.
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Posted on March 22, 2010 | No Comments | Category: Autism | Tags: adults with autism, Autism, employment, school
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