Sheltered workshop provides light of hope for people with disabilities

After personally undergoing a period of vocational rehabilitation, the owner of a sheltered workshop laundry in Guishan, Taoyuan, knows all about the challenges people with disabilities face finding jobs. Her own challenging past motivated her to set up a laundry to provide employment opportunities for people with disabilities and help them regain confidence.

However, there are many considerations when hiring people with disabilities, such as setting up barrier-free spaces in the workplace and spending more time teaching employees. Despite this, hiring people with physical and mental disabilities has many advantages: they are never lazy in the face of heavy workloads and show an indomitable spirit. Put simply, people with physical and mental disabilities truly know how to cherish every opportunity to work.

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身心障礙就業不易 庇護工廠重拾自信

在桃園龜山有間洗衣庇護工廠，創辦人本身經歷過職業重建服務，了解身心障礙者就業不易，因此設立洗衣工廠，提供身心障礙者就業的機會，同時帶也幫助他們重拾自信。

然而雇用身心障礙者工作是需要很多的考量，比如工作地點要設立無障礙空間，或是得花更多時間去教導身心障礙員工。雖然是聘用身心障礙者，但他們身上其實有非常多優點，面對工作專注度高從不偷懶，展現出不屈不撓的精神，身心障礙者更是懂得珍惜每次工作的機會。