Document Type
Occasional Paper
Publication Date
Summer 7-18-2017
Keywords
Employment, Employment First, Self-Advocates, ThinkWork
Disciplines
Other Social and Behavioral Sciences | Public Policy | Rehabilitation and Therapy
Abstract
These authors worked together to write a statement about what Employment First means and why it’s important. Here is an excerpt from the statement.
All people with disabilities should have opportunities to work. Public dollars should be used to pay for supports for people to work in the community. People with disabilities, their families, and their allies believe that:
- All people should have opportunities for real jobs with real wages. It will get us out of poverty. We will be more independent. We will feel more included. All people, with and without disabilities, can work in jobs together earning minimum wage or higher.
- Like everyone else, people with disabilities should have access to supports that they need to work successfully.
- All people, no matter what disability they have, have the right to work a job they choose that matches their skills and interests.
- Public policies must support people with disabilities having real jobs. Money for services should be spent on people having jobs in the community.
- Just calling your state an Employment First state is not enough. “Employment First” is when everyone who wants a job, has a job.
Recommended Citation
APSE, Green Mountain Self Advocates, Empowered, S. A. B., & ThinkWork! at the Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston. (2017). APSE Employment First Statement. Boston, MA. Retrieved from https://www.thinkwork.org/sites/thinkwork.org/files/files/SABE doc_D4.pdf
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Comments
Cross-posted from ThinkWork