Hospital internship program teaches real-world skills
April 23rd, 2008
From the Cincinnati Enquirer:
Ohio high school students with disabilities like Drew Lane (left) are benefiting from a volunteer hospital internship program that teaches them trades and job skills. Lane has Asperger’s syndrome.
Organizers say the goal is competitive employment after graduation. “When these students were in high school they were often the last person on the totem pole in their class. But here in this program they get to experience success and learn skills and you can just see their chests puff up with pride,” said project coordinator Tony Huff.
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