COMPANIES THAT HIRE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

BY STEPHANIE DELUSSEY

BY STEPHANIE DELUSSEY When a student with an IEP is in high school, the student's IEP team will work on what is called the Transition Plan. This plan is a legally bound document, covered by the IDEA, that provides the student with additional goals, training, and supports for "further education, employment, and independent living"

SERVING SMILES: Bitty and Beau's Coffee, founded in 2016 in Wilmington, N.C., is a coffeehouse dedicated to employing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.