A-way express:  a way to empowerment through competitive employment.
As traditional vocational rehabilitation programs for the psychiatrically disabled have failed to improve participation of this most marginalized group in the labour force, alternatives are needed to deal with extremely high unemployment of psychiatric survivors.  The following article describes a grassroots initiative that has considerably changed life and employment prospects of 50 consumers-survivors in Toronto.
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