(http://nodifferentthanyou.blogspot.com/2013/08/stigma-defintiion.html) What are some employment needs for an individual with a psychiatric disability? Many individuals live successful lives with psychiatric or physical disabilities. In fact, thanks to Title 1 of the American with Disabilities Act of 1990, individuals are protected from being discriminated against while applying for jobs during hiring, firing, compensation as well as job training (Employment, Title I, 2015). In essence under the law there is no reason as to why individuals with disabilities can not be a successful employee. There are many ways in which an employer can help to accommodate an individual with a psychiatric disability. Many of these accommodations include a flexible schedule, modifying training material or equipment, or an extra supportive person to help as an accountability partner (Enforcement Guidance, 2002). A simple, yet crucial tool is to continue communication...
A Chinese international exchange student who just so happened to be my neighbor in the dorms. Passing him in the hall one day I excitedly blurted out, “Hey! You should come to New Orleans with us.” A week later he had signed up and was beginning to fundraise. Through out the week he grappled with questions concerning his faith. Upon returning to UMF he received an E-mail from a former teacher who wrote to him “God has blessed you tremendously.” Coming from a community of communism in China, this message was unexpected and out of the ordinary. It was at this moment that it clicked for Bill, that Jesus was calling him into a relationship. He knocked on my door a few minutes later, with a smile so big I thought he won the jack pot-only to find out He so totally did! It was then that he fully committed his life to Jesus and was excited to continue amongst a group of fellow Christian peers.
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