Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Options Closing Its Doors?


http://thegazette.com/2013/11/30/options-of-linn-county-is-the-facility-for-intellectually-disabled-an-affordable-option/

Options is a lifeline for people with Disabilities. It is a jobsite where people with Intellectual Disabilities go to have a job if they otherwise could not. It provides them with a great opportunity they would not have if they lived anywhere else. It makes them more independent because they get a paycheck like everyone else and can pay for their own things.

Closing this great place would be disastrous for the people who depend on it so much. The people who work there love it there. There have been rumors of it closing for a long time, but this time it is a little more serious. The Gazette even wrote an article on them possibly closing their doors. I know it is a little expensive of a program to have, but it helps so many people.

It also helps in other ways you wouldn’t think of. It opens more basic level jobs that the people that work at Options would take.

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