“I want to work…but I don’t know what to do”

【The current status of members of the Support Center for Job and Life of Persons with Disability, “Tekito-”】

The number of members: 813 persons(As of the end of March 2015)

Disabilities Age Lifestyles
Physically-disabled 71 persons Between 15 and 19 177 persons Group Homes 26 persons
Intellectually-disabled 334 persons Between 20 and 39 421 persons Their own homes (living with their families) 691 persons
Mentally-disabled 252 persons Between 40 and 59 201 persons Their own homes(living alone) 82 persons
Others 156 persons 60 or older 14 persons Others 14 persons

Job assistance for PWD starts with their “desires to work”.

What do their “desires to work” really mean?