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Employment Stories & Videos:

 

ThinkWork! Stories: https://www.thinkwork.org/project/real-work-stories 

 

Let’s Get to Work: Youth Employment Stories: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL8-AEaXXf0M0PviMXGD3tLGo_NQbQoZQ

 

LCS Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwcV9EUyr9g&list=PLL8-AEaXXf0OF8DncLnlOIm2qAL3eAc_N&index=6&t=2s 

 

Medford Community Employment Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KMAZsDOuc0&list=PLL8-AEaXXf0OF8DncLnlOIm2qAL3eAc_N&index=7&t=69s 

 

Giving Hope A Place to Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-mDYwtEgU0&list=PLL8-AEaXXf0OF8DncLnlOIm2qAL3eAc_N&index=5 

 

Partners with Business: https://youtu.be/KfdWAU8BmL4 

 

Customized Employment (Sean): https://youtu.be/_FPIeCubuPo 

 

Customized Employment (Simon): https://www.facebook.com/AchievaPittsburgh/videos/customized-employment-simons-story/679928359123666/ 

 

MTI Customized Employment in Action: https://youtu.be/tCP3v9Jhf5w 

 

RI Customized Employment Story: https://youtu.be/7K8TZMkSkbM 

 

KY Customized Employment: https://youtu.be/UIkaHkQKukQ

 

Customized Self-Employment Videos: 

 

Inspirational video of 3 business owners - Phil, Ricardo and Lizz - from Wisconsin https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=ibxPcKn40Ak

 

Video featuring vignettes of self-employed with disabilities in Iowa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG6uru_QwiU 

 

Video about Poppin’ Joe’s popcorn business (Kansas)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUaapE7FfAM

 

Tim’s Place - where hugs are on the menu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OT5iU0RcAM 

 

Exploring Self-Employment for People with Developmental Disabilities – describes the process 3 business owners with significant disabilities went through to start a business.  Includes perspectives of family members. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsF9fs5DFIc 

 

Family Support for Self-Employment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVY2N6wJJ3s 

 

Adam Can Recycling (Business owner from Stoughton WI)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c298osJEe80

 

Shredding on the Go (Houston) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yth8w5Dm01o

Helpful Tools for Learning & Planning with People: 


Cents & $ensibility 
Guided Group Discovery
Skills to Pay the Bills
Friends 
Self-Determination and Self-Advocacy 
Let’s Talk About Rights 
Self-Advocacy Training
Explore Work
Healthy Safe and Connected Toolkit (some is WI specific) 
Planning for the Future workbook

Meaningful Community Day Resources: 

ICI Community Life Engagement https://www.communityinclusion.org/about/areas-of-emphasis/community/ 

WI BPDD Building Full Lives https://wi-bpdd.org/index.php/building-full-lives/   

 

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