Your Next Star employee might have Down syndrome
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2015
- The MDSC is thrilled launch our new public awareness campaign, Your Next Star (www.yournextstar.com), aimed at opening the eyes of employers to the power of people with Down syndrome in the workplace!
Two years in the making, Your Next Star came about because of our increasing awareness of the challenges facing adults with Down syndrome looking for meaningful work opportunities in their communities.
In 2013, we conducted a comprehensive Membership Survey, which revealed a shortage of growth opportunities for our self-advocate members after leaving high school. It was reported in stark terms that our adult self advocates and their families were frustrated by unsuccessful attempts to find good work in their communities.
Upon further investigation, we found that people with Down syndrome and other disabilities have drastically higher unemployment rates than their non-disabled peers despite typically showing more loyalty and lower turnover, and having similar job performance ratings.
YNS is the MDSC's attempt to change that. Visit www.yournextstar.com to learn more.
I grew up with a boy who had Down Syndrome; he never let on that he was "different." His older sister was a good friend of mine; the boy would follow his sister and I all over the place; he wanted to be a part of what we did
Man, I am so proud of these amazing men and women!!! May God continue to bless them, and give them the chances that they deserve.....
This needs waaaay more views! Greetings from Germany, these are wonderful people
I'm so proud of my uncle Philip and all the people who have worked so hard to make this video!
You have every reason to be proud of your uncle.... He's a great man for sure!!!
Most people can learn alot from people with down syndrome. They don't have weaknesses. Only strengths.
Her happiness is so genuine.
One of my friends has a small business. He has hired several disabled people. He has a woman with downs syndrome that works for him hes said shes his best worker and has taught him a lot about people and life in general. Shealways shows up unless shes sick. Is always in a good mood which is important for a service business. I myself have worked with many disabled people in food service and retail settingd. I loved working with them they are honest genuine and work hard.
Love it awesome. I have been working for retail food store almost 10 years experience. I'm disability and diabetic. I always help customers service's.They discrimination me and dont want promote me
They deserve a job!
If more potential employers would look at the abilities of disabled people instead of their disabilities and give them a chance they would be pleasently surorised.
Now here are some upstanding people
I can learn so much from their attitudes :-)
Thx for this video
Everyone deserves a chance
Proud to submit our Your Next Star video for Down Syndrome International's Global Video Event to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day, Wednesday 21 March 2018 #WhatIBringToMyCommunity #Downsyndromeawareness #Downsyndromestrong
yes!! they are ready to work, they can work
That is so true
it's great to see that the unemployment rate of these kind of people is going downs
Amen
THEY ARE SO CUTE!!!!
Wow...I went to elementary school with Lina Gutierrez years ago she was actually in my class. Idk if she'll remember me though.
Sweet++++
Holy crap! John who works for the Boston bruins is Rachel's long lost twin!!! Doesn't he look JUST LIKE HER??? Just imagine her glasses and a red wig on him!!
i love you
I m down syndrome please help
Help how?
Yo algorithm, make this blow up, will ya?
This video is designed to make everyone who made it and everyone who watches it feel good, and it no doubt achieves this objective. However, videos like these ignore the obvious truth, the jobs these people do aren't essential or even needed. With so many grocery stores phasing out cashiers these days, hardly any still employ people to bag groceries. And those that still do will hire teenagers who can do the job efficiently enough to cover multiple lanes at once. And those other office jobs: organizing folders, dropping off a letter or a piece of paper? Those meaningless tasks are just busy work created so that the people they hire feel good about themselves, and the companies who hire them can feel charitable. What this video is really saying is hire someone with down syndrome to do busy work around the office and that'll be your good deed for the year.
Even if that’s true, there’s more to it than that. The manager even mentioned how when that bagger isn’t on the floor, people are asking where he is. Let’s say he doesn’t offer any actual help at all (which I’m sure isn’t true), the customers like him being there and they like how the supermarket is giving him an opportunity, meaning he’s good for business.
Waffle House employs people with Down syndrome too (at least last time I was over there), and I’ve always remembered that. I’ll always choose Waffle House over other diners and that’s one of the reasons why.
I get that grocery baggers aren’t as needed but the others are great. Working for a major sports team or in the state house or even in the school cafeteria can help people with disabilities feel very proud and like they matter. John D is actually one of my friends and he’s absolutely amazing.
Also I’m disabled and I have experienced that many employers often give people like us the “busy work” more than our coworkers. Like when I worked at Bed Bath & Beyond they would make me clean all the display items and it was awful.
Donald Trump I hop you lat this people to work in the White House if you not oh god I not like you 👍🏻😡 and make them happy 👍🏻👍🏻❤️🙏🏻
I don't think anyone has ever said it like this but I will...
All of you kids are BADASS in the BEST way possible... just saying facts people...