Archive of “employment”

HeartShare Human Services of New York rang the Closing Bell on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, December 26th.

There’s no time. I can’t train them. It’s too costly. These are all myths about hiring people with different abilities.

When given the opportunity, adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities are skilled and eager workers.

We’re glad that bystanders cheered us on. But we hope that spirit of inclusion, acceptance and respect compels you to action 365 days a year.

At HeartShare, we dared to ask: Why can’t people with disabilities do more? Why can’t they dream like the rest of us?

Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) from HeartShare’s Brooklyn Day Hab can now volunteer and work at Heart’s Home, which is an organization fostering a “culture of compassion” for the world’s neediest people.

The HSVS Preparing Youth for Adulthood (PYA) workshop utilized Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow as a lens for older youth in foster care to reflect on their experiences with institutional racism, as well as learn digestible steps to overcome those systemic challenges.