HELP WANTED ENDING SHELTERED WORK IN CANADA - Transitioning to inclusive employment for people intellectual and developmental disabilities

It is important to ensure that participants of sheltered work programs in transition are involved in the development of new organizational visions and changing values that are inherent to transitions away from sheltered work.40 IRIS—Institute for Research and Development on Inclusion and Society Help Wanted—Ending Sheltered Work in Canada 6 In the context of starting to im. [...] The research included strategies such as: • Involving staff in the planning and decision-making processes; • Supporting job growth and change for team members; • Supporting the creative responses of team members at all levels of the organization; and • Encouraging ongoing development and learning opportunities.58 It is also important to explicitly acknowledge that the good work done in the past an. [...] • The NWT Human Rights Act (NWTHRA) prohibits discrimination in the terms of employment on the basis of disability and specifically prohibits providing less-than-equal pay for the same work performed where the reason for the difference in pay is a prohibited ground of discrimination, such as disability. [...] Due to the limited number of replies to the survey and usable data, we do not think it is possible to have a full picture of the situation of sheltered work in the country. [...] This understanding of the needs of people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities is important, as it shifts the focus of the perceived disability and the need for change from the individual to the collective.