Anaheim : Handicapped Students to Attend Career Day
About 5,000 disabled high school and college students are expected to attend the annual Career Awareness Day for the Handicapped on March 18 at the Anaheim Convention Center.
The event, which will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon, is sponsored by the Orange County Department of Education in conjunction with the Anaheim Union High School District.
Employers have booths at the event, and they provide handicapped students with information about an array of jobs that are available. About 100 employers are expected at this year’s Career Awareness Day for the Handicapped, said county Department of Education officials.
Robert D. Peterson, county superintendent of schools, said: “This has a tremendous benefit for the (handicapped) students, as it gives them a chance to see opportunities in the world of work. Second, it is a benefit to their families, who have many more burdens than most of us realize, and third, it is a way of helping society utilize the great potential of these students.”
Peterson said many employers are pleased to take part in the Career Awareness Day for the Handicapped because handicapped workers “have records of much more loyalty and dependability to their employers than other categories of workers.”
Peterson also noted that handicapped workers make good employees because they often have compensatory sensory skills, such as the greater sense of touch that people with hearing disabilities often develop.
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