Labour inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities graduated from the diploma in labour skills program meat University Andrés Bello: employers' perspective

• Main Authors: María Victoria Parker G., Josefina Blanch M., María Fernanda Ordenes S., Daniela Navarro O.
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Chile 2017-06-01
• Series: Revista Chilena de Terapia Ocupacional
• Online Access: https://revistaterapiaocupacional.uchile.cl/index.php/RTO/article/view/46379

This article aims to collect —through a mixed research methodology— the experience of employers who provide job opportunities at their companies to people with intellectual disabilities graduated from the Diploma in Labour Skills Programme at Andrés Bello University since 2007. The objective is to identify both the abilities and competences that allowed them to enter the labour market and the effect this social and labour training has had on them. Additionally, the article retrieves their evaluations about including young people with disabilitiesinto their companies, identifying the benefits and difficultiesthis process has offered to them.Generally speaking, a positive evaluation of the inclusion of workers with intellectual disabilities in their companies was observed among employers. They all believe these workers have the skills to perform in their jobs adequately, while also maintaining positive social relations with the rest of the people in their companies.