Abstract
Entry into the world of work is an important moment for people with disabilities and for their professional inclusion. Using a case study, This research presents the project of school/work alternation carried out with a student with intellectual disability within a supermarket during the frequency of the last year in a higher institute in northern Italy. This study intends to describe the process and highlight the strategies used in this experience. The paper ends with an analysis of the factors that can favour a positive experience and which can be a starting-point for other, similar experiences. This experience shows that, with adequate training, people with intellectual disabilities can be protagonists of an experience that favors their well-being and social inclusion.
Highlights
The United Nations Convention states that people with disabilities: "must be able to fully enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms in conditions of equality with respect to others" [1].The OECD [2] declares that in various social, economic and cultural contexts in the world the search for means to stimulate social progress in a more inclusive way is active.Saxton & Ghenis (2018) [3] stress that it is necessary to implement system actions that lead to the achievement of full inclusion and the construction of a society for all
The present study aims to describe and analyze a school / work alternation experience that has led a student with intellectual disability from the world of the school to the world of work
The choice of a student with intellectual disability is motivated by the desire to take into account disability, which according to the literature can hardly to find and maintain a job
Summary
Saxton & Ghenis (2018) [3] stress that it is necessary to implement system actions that lead to the achievement of full inclusion and the construction of a society for all. This is why some social innovation projects were born based on an idea of community (both scholastic and territorial) that becomes welcoming and can carry out strategic functions of support and support. Innovation concerns new ideas to respond to urgent needs and problems that have no response and, at the same time, create new social relationships or forms of collaboration.
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