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Embracing Diversity: ISU Recycle Center employs people with disabilities
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TH/Wabash Valley has come a long way since the Beacon School of the Valley opened during the early 60's @ the old Rose Orphanage near 25th & Elm, which was one of the first facilities in INDIANA to address the educational needs of the mentally & physically handicapped. Sheltered workshops do wonders for the psyche's of participants, boosting self-esteem and providing a since of contribution to society. My experience? My mother helped found the Beacon School, and my brother was one of their clients. After moving to Newburgh in '64, she likewise helped start SIRS (Southern Indiana Retardation Services), a sheltered workshop in Boonville.
http://www.sirs.org/
As you can see, they've long-since dropped the term, "retardation"...
http://www.sirs.org/
As you can see, they've long-since dropped the term, "retardation"...
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I believe this is the 2nd article on Adam Long; when State was still knocking out a 'hard-copy' Alumni Magazine, they did a piece on him and the recycling center.
State could have had a recycling center in the 80s but someone wasn't awake at the wheel...
Sounds like a win-win for all.