sheltered workshop

noun

1. a place of employment for persons with disabilities where their rights are protected and their needs are met.

Example Sentences

Mr. Cusack worked at a sheltered workshop in the Chicago suburbs for many years, packing boxes and doing other manual labor, and lived with his parents until moving to Good Shepherd after he turned 40.

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Who You Calling Slow? was made alongside Jane and her sheltered workshop peers and is reportedly the first album released that spotlights the developmentally disabled population.

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And I remember being at OhioHealth announcing that we were going to get kids out of the sheltered workshop into places and businesses like Kroger or wherever.

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Under the sheltered workshop model, disabled people are segregated in facilities where they complete basic, repetitive tasks for low pay — often sub-minimum wage — and don’t achieve autonomy and independence.

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Clients could continue attending a day-training center or sheltered workshop, but, over time, they’d have to spend more time in the community in competitive employment, volunteer work or recreational activities.

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