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And some of the club members will advance to the transitional employment program where they go as a group with an advocate to job sites. A few will find a regular job where they work independently without on-site supervision from* Laurel House’s staff.
“People look at the mentally disabled and think they’re not motivated. They don’t understand. Our club members want to work. They have normal intelligence, some of them above normal. But they’re fearful of going out. They’re on medication, and the medication makes them feel funny,” Mrs. Wright explained.
As unpleasant as some of the side effects are, the drug regimen followed by the club members is critical. If they stop taking the prescribed medications, they will invariably suffer another “break,” as Mrs. Wright calls the onset of mental illness, and they will be returned to the hospital. “We watch for signs that they’ve quit taking their medication, so we can move quickly to intervene before things get out of hand, before it gets to be a fullblown psychosis. That way, we can prevent, or at least shorten, the hospital stay.”
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