On April 2, as part of the scheduled events for the World Awareness Autism
Day, the United Nations (UN) will hold a session under the title:
"Employment: The Autism Advantage" that includes presentations by international
business executives and experts from different parts of the world who work with
autism people. One of these expositors is the Centro Ann Sullivan del Peru
(CASP in Spanish) that has been invited to speak about its experience in labor market
inclusion.
Rosa Oyama, Director of Projects and Research at
CASP, will give a speech about the great work her educational institution is
doing for including people with different abilities on the labor market through
the Supported Employment program. This program began to be operational 19 years
ago and currently it has over 100 students/workers working for renowned
companies all over Peru.
The event will be held at UN headquarters in New
York City and it will be transmitted live and direct, which you can watch it at
http://webtv.un.org/
It is important to note that CASP has played an
important role in the education of people with different abilities and their
families for 36 years in our country and the world.