Breaking down barriers: working with a developmental disability
Newton, Kan.
[b]By Jeff Guy[/b]
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Newton Kansan
HALSTEAD - When Konner Garnett first meets you, he may touch your arm or start to give you a hug. If a family member like his sister, Kacy, is around, she will remind Konner to shake hands the way he has learned in his job skills classes.
The 21-year-old Konner is quick to recite the various skills and rules he has learned through his jobs at Newton Medical Center and Halstead Health and Rehabilitative Serives. He placed the palms of his hands up to demonstrate how he serves plates in the cafeteria, holding them "on the bottom."
"Wash your hands," he said emphatically and ran down the many occasions for handwashing on his job. After touching food, taking out the trash, wiping down tables...
"When you touch your shoes," he said, lifting his black tennis shoe from the floor for emphasis, while sitting on the couch of the home he shares with his parents in Halstead.
Konner Garnett stands outside his home in Halstead, wearing his work shirt and name tag.
![Newton, Kan.
[b]By Jeff Guy[/b]
[url=http://www.thekansan.com/article/20131023/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/131029733/0/NEWS] http://www.thekansan.com/article/20131023/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/131029733/0/NEWS[/url]
Newton Kansan
HALSTEAD - When Konner Garnett first meets you, he may touch your arm or start to give you a hug. If a family member like his sister, Kacy, is around, she will remind Konner to shake hands the way he has learned in his job skills classes.
The 21-year-old Konner is quick to recite the various skills and rules he has learned through his jobs at Newton Medical Center and Halstead Health and Rehabilitative Serives. He placed the palms of his hands up to demonstrate how he serves plates in the cafeteria, holding them "on the bottom."
"Wash your hands," he said emphatically and ran down the many occasions for handwashing on his job. After touching food, taking out the trash, wiping down tables...
"When you touch your shoes," he said, lifting his black tennis shoe from the floor for emphasis, while sitting on the couch of the home he shares with his parents in Halstead.
Konner Garnett stands outside his home in Halstead, wearing his work shirt and name tag.](Newton, Kan.
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Newton Kansan
HALSTEAD - When Konner Garnett first meets you, he may touch your arm or start to give you a hug. If a family member like his sister, Kacy, is around, she will remind Konner to shake hands the way he has learned in his job skills classes.
The 21-year-old Konner is quick to recite the various skills and rules he has learned through his jobs at Newton Medical Center and Halstead Health and Rehabilitative Serives. He placed the palms of his hands up to demonstrate how he serves plates in the cafeteria, holding them "on the bottom."
"Wash your hands," he said emphatically and ran down the many occasions for handwashing on his job. After touching food, taking out the trash, wiping down tables...
"When you touch your shoes," he said, lifting his black tennis shoe from the floor for emphasis, while sitting on the couch of the home he shares with his parents in Halstead.
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Breaking down barriers: working with a developmental disabilityNewton, Kan. [b]By Jeff Guy[/b] [url=http://www.thekansan.com/article/20131023/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/131029733/0/NEWS] http://www.thekansan.com/article/20131023/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/131029733/0/NEWS[/url] Newton Kansan HALSTEAD - When Konner Garnett first meets you, he may touch your arm or start to give you a hug. If a family member like his sister, Kacy, is around, she will remind Konner to shake hands the way he has learned in his job skills classes. The 21-year-old Konner is quick to recite the various skills and rules he has learned through his jobs at Newton Medical Center and Halstead Health and Rehabilitative Serives. He placed the palms of his hands up to demonstrate how he serves plates in the cafeteria, holding them "on the bottom." "Wash your hands," he said emphatically and ran down the many occasions for handwashing on his job. After touching food, taking out the trash, wiping down tables... "When you touch your shoes," he said, lifting his black tennis shoe from the floor for emphasis, while sitting on the couch of the home he shares with his parents in Halstead. Konner Garnett stands outside his home in Halstead, wearing his work shirt and name tag.