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<DIV>There might be a need for these places. Such places are available for
the elderly and it is called Daycare for Seniorsor similar names and it is
very pricey for folks to partake in these places. These so called Work
Shops are many times serve the same purpose. </DIV>
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<DIV>What upsets me is the fact that BESB considers to encourage their blind
clients to take jobs in these places. BESB falsely paints
these positions as permanent job places and pays the blind an above minimum
wage pay while they are in training[thru some government work
program]. They spent 3 months working out how I could
travel from Stratford to New Haven independently.[after it was decided the train
was not a safe option, then Bpt transit and My Ride was the
choice]. I worked for 6 months part time receiving
$11.50 per hour and after the training period I was hired or went onto Americash
pay rates which worked out to be $1.20 per hour. Since the bus
transportation cost was $12 per day and I worked 5 hours a day and spent
another average of 4 to 5 hours on a bus or waiting for a bus, I decided after
one week I could not afford to work there.</DIV>
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<DIV>I could not believe BESB supported such job placement for a blind
person.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Joyce
Kane<BR><A
href="http://www.krafterskorner.org/">www.KraftersKorner.org</A><BR>Blindhands@AOL.com
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