Positive Vibe Cafe

Click here to visit the Positive Vibe Cafe's website... A non-profit dedicated to training and employing people with disabilities in food services.

Accommodation of that day!

Medical Jewelry

Section 2-303.11 of the FDA Food Code prohibits employees involved in food preparation from wearing jewelry on their arms and hands, including medical-alert bracelets. As a reasonable accommodation, the manager should allow the individual to wear the medical-alert tag as a necklace.

Real jobs for real pay

Click here to see real jobs for real pay. The J.Arthur Memorial Trudeau Center in Warwick, RI is trying to get people with intellectual disabilities integrated employment... They created a culinary arts training program to train people who have a goal of gaining employment in the foodservice industry.

I scream, you scream! We all scream for ice cream!

Ice cream on PhotoPeach

A simple accommodation for people with limited motor skills

One restaurant hired 40 disabled people!

Here is a great story of a business who employs 40 people with intellectual disabilities in his restaurant.

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_24390355/arvada-restaurant-employs-40-developmentally-disabled-adults

List of adaptive kitchen tools

This is a basic list of some adaptive kitchen tools that can be used to make working in the foodservice industry more successful for those with disabilities.

  http://disability.about.com/od/Hobbies/tp/List-Of-Adaptive-Kitchen-Tools.htm

Tim's Place

Here is a very inspirational video about a young man who had a dream of owning his own restaurant. Although he may have downs syndrome, no dream of his was too big to follow. With the help of his family Tim owns his own business and loves to go to work every day. Enjoy!