jumpingjacktrash: webofgoodnews: Long Island Mom With Coffee Business Hopes to Change Peceptions by
jumpingjacktrash:webofgoodnews:Long Island Mom With Coffee Business Hopes to Change Peceptions by Hiring People With DisabilitiesA Long Island mom is changing perceptions about people with autism, one bag of coffee at a time.Stacey Wohl’s business, Our Coffee With a Cause in Northport, gives jobs to young adults with disabilities. Her star employees are her teenage children, Logan and Brittany, who both have autism and are nonverbal.Read moreWebofgoodnews.com - Facebookas always, we’ve got the person-first language and the thing where no one talked to the disabled people, but other than that this is a nice story. i love that brittany is doing trade shows despite being nonverbal, getting people used to the idea that someone can use a pad to communicate and yes that is communication. -- source link
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