29 Mentally Challenged Adults are to be fired by Dec.
 

Community Living slashes jobs for mentally challenged adults

So let me get this straight...they are firing these 29 people, taking the $300,000 they "saved" to hire a company to find them "real" jobs?

I thought this was a "real" job, no?

I love how we spend so much money on programs and safe injection sites for crackheads, etc...But for those, who through no fault of their own, are trying their best to contribute society, we cut funding (or reallocate) and fire.

I'm confused.

This Theisen chick seems like a tit.

This story makes me sad and angry.

Wow. That absolutely sucks.

Physically and mentally challenged people are, by far, some of the most honest, hard working and appreciative people I've ever worked with. This is disgusting.

I cannot even.......... out of word. Fucking hell.........

How the hell is making an honest day's earning and living not "real employment"?!

It really is just sad and depressing.

I don't understand what the justification is?! It is not like they don't have the funds...the gov't didn't cut the program...the recycling depot isn't closing or losing money...they just want to give it to someone else!

fuuuuck, I find stories like this so frustrating!

I used to work for a program called PWIP (Partners for Workplace Inclusion Program) that placed people who had had traumatic injuries back in the work force or helped people with disabilities find employment. I'm sad to tell you that shit like this happens ALL THE TIME.

And with budget cuts increasing in all private sector areas, they'll only get worse. Up until now the cities have been some of the best places for persons with various disabilities to work because they can afford to make some of the accomidations themselves (though programs like PWIP and CCRW would often pay for these out of their operating budgets for private companies). But now with the current economy they just can't afford to support these programs on an on going basis any more. :(

Even sadder still, programs like PWIP and CCRW are being reduced or cut completely as well, at the same time as community health programs are being scaled back giving people with various disabilities fewer and fewer support systems to turn to.

You know what they should really do instead of taking these jobs away from these people?

Get rid of fucking Aircare! :mad:

QFT

worked with a deaf once in a warehouse labour job, the dude was a machine, was fast and stayed late, the nicest guy too

I hate this society where lazy fucks are rewarded and hardworking people are given the short end of the stick.

Fuck.

Agreed.
Having personally knowing a mentally handicapped person, they are legitimately honest and hard working people who are just trying to fit into society, communicate, and make it by day by day. Sure, most of us joke around and probably say "you retarded or what?" but at the end of the day, I'm sure most of us don't legitimately mean it. Faggots that give mentally challenged people a hard time are the fucking scum bags who need to look in the mirror. They don't realize that even though they might be handicapped, the majority of them can UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND PROCESS IT - regardless of how slow they might react. Whether or not they respond to it or show it, it really damages them emotionally.

Well we can blame it for the vote hst down crew, we the province have to recoup the costs somehow. Now we have to cut the welfare rates

they're not cutting the funding. they're just paying some new company money to find these people jobs? It seems like some political bullshit if you ask me. Someone owes someone a favour an they're giving them this contract.

Community Living? The fuck is that I don't even...

Fuck government. kthxbye

Dunno if I can take you seriously when you tell us not to use the word "retards" and then throw around the word "faggot" recklessly. :seriously: Just sayin' lol

Dude, read the article or watch the vid.

They are not cutting the funding...they are reallocating it and hiring a company to MAYBE find them a "real" job.

But here is what really is going to happen:

They fire all 29 of them. Attempt to find them a job somewhere else. This fails. Ministry of Housing or whatever other Ministry is supplementing their income, needs to give them more. This is where it effect us.

I have seen a little bit of this first-hand. I have a tenant in one of my buildings that is mentally challenged. His rent is about $750/month. Ministry of Housing gives him $356/month towards rent and he works to pay the rest in a job that is not unlike these 29. If he were to lose his job, the Ministry would need to aid him more. Although he may be able to obtain employment somewhere else, lets face it, it is not as easy as someone without physical or mental challenged to do.

Now I get that that is real convoluted way of looking at it, and at the end of the day it really just sucks for those that are being fired because often jobs like this give those people a sense of pride and that in some way they are contributing member of society.

The whole situation just doesn't make much sense, and I think there is more to this story...

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hmmm.. the cadets logic is sound.

i feel like calling someone retarded doesn't mean you are implying they are mentally challenged. my intention is too call you an idiot or something along the same lines. it's hard to explain what i mean :S

same thing would apply if i said "faggot". i guess i'll let this joe rogan video explain it haha

Context.

And yes, this is total bullshit.

^^The negative connotation associated with the word faggot stems from a hatred of gay people, period. Using it as a negative word, whether it is your intention to insult someone for their sexual preference or not, perpetuates and fuels the negative connotation. It's not hard to find another word to use, one that lacks a second definition that insults people for no legitimate reason. Especially considering the vast majority of the world continues to jeer at homosexuals with that very word.


I'm physically disabled and finding jobs is much more difficult than it was before I was injured, I can't imagine how difficult it would be for someone with a mental handicap. Good luck to these people, when people without handicaps complain about how tough life is, they should remind themselves how fortunate they are to be entirely mentally and physically capable.

Shoot, government is ruthless.
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Update: The program has been extended for another year

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A family member works for Community Living and it was shocking to learn how much is spent servicing such a small segment of our society. I know morally its the right thing to do, yet wow the numbers are staggering.

A staff of 10, a house and a vehicle are required house and care for 4 handicap people, cause their handicaps are so severe that their families are incapable or unwilling to take care of them. Then factor in medical and they are spending ~$250K/yr per handicap person.

I understand why they are looking some places to save costs, cause some of their other costs are so high. They are trying to cut the costs of those most capable of taking care of themselves so they have money for the more severe cases.

No one doubts that this shit ain't cheap. Here's the problem though...ok, cancel it all and the family needs to step up.

Mom quits her job to devote herself back to full-time care of a child...and goes on assistance as a result. Plus, the child is on assistance-and let's put them in BC Housing because now they don't make much money.

Or, we can have them sort through some recycling that whether you agree or not about its benefits for the planet, in some way contributes and let them be productive.

A girl I worked with had a brother with rather severe autism, and died of complications from it in his 30's. He was functional, but not contributable if that makes sense.

Her parents were doing well, had a nice house and such, but their entire lives were re-arranged around one child. Can you imagine living with just that hint in your life of resentment that it never ends? These people need and deserve support, because its not one life affected, its 3-5 immediate members of that family plus more.