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sheltered workshop

American  

noun

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


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“The bakery shows that there are alternatives to the sheltered workshop model,” Sebastian explains to me during my visit.

From Slate • Jul. 27, 2023

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.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2020

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.

From The Guardian • Sep. 17, 2020

Other businesses pay to have laundry services, document shredding or other services done by sheltered workshop workers.

From Washington Times • Oct. 4, 2015

Peter Maxmean, 35, and Lori Sousa, 48, met five years ago at a sheltered workshop in North Providence, where people with intellectual disabilities performed repetitive jobs for little pay, in isolation.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2014