Area firms offer training for special needs students
Like most teenagers, Kiper Prince is not crazy about going to work.
The 17-year-old works in the stockroom at Saxon Shoes at Short Pump Town Center. He spends a few hours a day twice a week putting up and pulling down boxes of pumps, sneakers and clogs.
“I don’t want to work today,” Kiper said one day last week at the beginning of his shift.
Kiper, though, is not your typical teenager. He’s autistic.
And with his autism comes a series of worries for his parents, including what will happen when he’s grown and they aren’t able to care for him.
Read more here: Area firms offer training for special-needs students | Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.