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Employment & Community Involvement

Profile: Brendan LeMieux

10/29/2015 - 11:35 am |

WSA Staff

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month.  Each Friday during October we will feature an adult with Williams syndrome and their workplace.

Twenty-eight-year-old Brendan LeMieux of Connecticut wears a few different vocational hats. 

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Profile: Jared Glen

10/22/2015 - 11:41 am |

WSA Staff

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Each Friday during October we will feature an adult with Williams syndrome and their workplace.

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Profile: Kelley Martin

10/15/2015 - 11:47 am |

WSA Staff

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month.  Each Friday during October we will feature an adult with Williams syndrome and their workplace.

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Profile: Avi Lesser

10/08/2015 - 11:50 am |

WSA Staff

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month.  Each Friday during October we will feature an adult with Williams syndrome and their workplace.

Avi Lesser is 28 years old and lives in Illinois.  Avi has been employed at both PharMore Drugs and The Perk Center Café for over 6 years.  He is excited to share information about both of his jobs.

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Profile: Melissa Tipton

09/30/2015 - 12:49 pm |

WSA Staff

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month.  Each Friday during October we will feature an adult with Williams syndrome and their workplace.

Melissa Tipton is 34 years old and lives in Michigan.  I spoke to Melissa recently about her job at Ocean Prime, a Cameron Mitchell, fine dining restaurant.

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People with Williams Syndrome and their Extraordinary Gifts

03/01/2013 - 2:00 pm |

WSA Staff

Williams Syndrome (WS) affects an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people in the United States. Families of affected individuals encounter major struggles. Many babies have life-threatening cardiovascular problems. Children with WS need costly and ongoing medical care and early interventions (such as speech, physical and occupational therapy) that may not be covered by insurance or state funding.

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The WSA upholds the following positions on inclusion.  We believe that:

  • everyone benefits when individuals with WS are meaningfully included in educational, work, and community settings
  • individuals with WS should receive all necessary supports and services to fully participate in their family lives, communities, and society as a whole
  • high expectations should be the norm, and that individuals with WS and their families should decide how they best learn, work, and enjoy social settings
  • “inclusion” is not one-size-fits-all, and will look different for each family based on each individual’s desires and needs
  • inclusion creates a sense of belonging in society, meaningful relationships, and opportunities to achieve dreams

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