“I think it’s important to see the students’ capabilities rather than first looking at that disability because we’ve had experiences where students have gone into internships, and they end up doing really well. And they end up hiring them. They’re, like can we please put this student on our payroll? Just the whole idea of presumed competence. Businesses need to get that, students need to get that, families need to get that, we need to get that.”

Transition-age youth