Strathcona County’s Mayor, Rod Frank, spent a day job shadowing Roman Lozowy to help bring awareness to Disability Employment Awareness Month (DEAM).
Winder Inclusive Community Services wanted to give local politicians the opportunity to experience a hands-on perspective of the importance of hiring people who live with disabilities.Roman Lozowy works at Home Depot and completes a variety of tasks including taking out the garbage, restocking candy, pop and chips. He also makes sure the front end of the store is ready for customers.“Roman is, first of all, he’s consistent and on time,” said Strauss.
“He’s just an incredible, encouraging person to have around. He’s a lot of fun. He’s got a great sense of humour, and he knows what to do.”“They’re as valuable to us as any other associate that works here. And they have the ability to offer and contribute to the success of an organization in their own way, in what they are capable of doing. And we will find a way to include them in everything that we do,” he said.
“It makes a huge difference. They see that the people that we’re supporting can do the same types of jobs that you and I do. So, they just see that it’s normalized, that it’s a regular kind of thing that anybody does and the contributions that they can make.”Winder discussed how challenging it can be to find employment as a person with a disability.
“People see the person with the disability first instead of the person that they are. And so as soon as they think that someone or see someone has a disability, they automatically think that they don’t have the skills, the ability or the attention span to do the job, which is very untrue.“The more that everyone in the community sees this kind of stuff, they just begin to recognize and break down some of the barriers for people with disabilities.
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