2018 TASH Conference

In 2016, Oregon began an ambitious peer support project to confirm our state's commitment to moving people out of sheltered workshops into community employment. The project was based on the idea that many people who receive services and their families were confused about the changes and they did not have the information to make decisions for themselves. In response, we developed a curriculum with input from supported employment leaders, self-advocates, family members and others based on the idea that that people with disabilities are the experts in their own lives and that everyone can work at "Real Jobs at Real Pay." Two years later, we have finished our project and we have exciting stories to share, lessons we have learned and tools to provide to others ready to move forward with implementing a peer support model in their states!