A NOD & A WINK FROM ROSE
This is the time of year where I start thinking about futures for students, as graduations pop up like springtime flowers all around my home in Western Pennsylvania. It’s tempting to think about what my son with special needs won’t graduate and go on to do, but I’ve found little value in this kind of pessimism. Instead, I take the words of a good friend to heart, and try to “ be the change I want to see in the world.”
Year round, we open the offices of Abram’s Nation and invite students from local life skills classes to join our workplace. About once a week, students and teachers roll in to our office for the afternoon. We save all sorts of tasks for them, like sorting zippers or packaging up the masks we’ve been selling during COVID-19. For a few hours, our offices bustle with the energy of these kids as they set about--and invariably accomplish--whatever task we’ve saved just for them.
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FRIENDLY MEDITATIONS
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Learn more here.
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EYE OPENERS
SPECIALISTERNE
UNITED STATES
Specialisterne has a simple mission: To enable 100,000 meaningful jobs for Americans on the autism spectrum and with other neurodivergent conditions.
Though their journey initially focused on autism, it did not take long for them to learn that in the employment context, diagnoses are less relevant than personal experience and the impacts of living outside the norm.
Many persons who identify as neurodivergent face similar challenges obtaining and maintaining employment, yet they have the skills and motivations to be an asset to an employer. Specialisterne is here to bring candidates and employers together and to help build successful careers.
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"While our mission at Specialisterne is to enable 1 million jobs for autistic and other neurominorities globally, our vision is to help employers realize the importance and necessity of competency-based hiring as a standard process. We hope that through the experience of working with us, employers will discover the value of this. Because then, all people can benefit from a process that is fair and also makes sense from a business perspective. Employers want the best talent for the job and competency-based hiring is the route to accomplishing this."
- Corey Hollemeyer
Manager, Talent Acquisition at Specialisterne USA
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DISPATCHES FROM
THE DREAM FACTORY
Get ready for our Christmas in July Sale!
Our annual sale is just around the corner. Purchase a second bed for travel or to keep at grandma's house. This is our best sale of the year, as our expert craftsmen have been refurbishing old stock models to be sold at a discounted rate.
The sale will run through July on our new website. You will receive a notification once the sale is live. Stock is limited, so make sure to get yours early!
Contact us with any questions at 724-96-SLEEP or by emailing customercare@abramsnation.com.
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