Developmentally Disabled Can and Want to Work
You can see from his face that Miles Hashimoto loves working, whether it’s assembling mobile-phone kits or shredding documents. Both jobs are at Goodwill Industries, and Hashimoto is no ordinary worker. Like an estimated 1.8 percent of Hawaii’s population – about 24,500 people – Hashimoto was born with a developmental disability. At Goodwill’s secure shredding facility, he quickly and expertly removes paper…