A small group of six men and women with disabilities ranging in age from their 20s to 60s, including one Westwood resident, have returned to their jobs in June, after a two-year hiatus. Lifeworks, a Westwood based nonprofit, runs a collaborative employment program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and has assisted the return of these employees to their job placement at Siemens Healthineers. The latter is a global medical technology company with a manufacturing facility in Walpole.
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