Secured or segregated employment

From Autism Transition Handbook

In secured or segregated employment, individuals with disabilities (not necessarily autism specific) work in a self-contained unit and are not integrated with workers without disabilities. This type of employment is generally supported by a combination of Federal and/or state funds. Some typical tasks include collating, assembling, or packaging. While such programs remain available, critics argue that the sheltered workshop system is more often geared toward the fostering of dependence within a tightly supervised, nontherapeutic environemnt than toward encouraging independence in the community at large.