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1986.5.6305.1
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Worker with a disability operating a router at Occupational Rehabilitation, Inc., Seattle, November 1966
Order an ImageFor many years, people living with emotional, mental, and physical disabilities found it nearly impossible to support themselves. In the early 1960s, a grant from Washington State funded the beginnings of Occupational Rehabilitation, Inc. (ORI), a pioneering program that trained people with disabilities for industry. By 1966, the Seattle non-profit employed over 100 people in its machine shop. They had produced over $1 million worth of parts and were sending five or six people a month to well-paying jobs at Boeing, shipyards, and other industries.
Here, a worker with a disability wearing safety goggles operates a router at the ORI machine shop.
Caption information source: “Retarded Can Pay Their Own Way”, by Bill Sieverling, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 20, 1966, page 12.
Here, a worker with a disability wearing safety goggles operates a router at the ORI machine shop.
Caption information source: “Retarded Can Pay Their Own Way”, by Bill Sieverling, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 20, 1966, page 12.
ID Number: 1986.5.6305.1
Date: 1966
Creator(s):
Potts, Dave, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 acetate negative : b&w ; 2.25 x 2.25 in.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 1986.5.6305.1, photo by Dave Potts
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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