Hiring someone with a learning disability
hi everyone. im not sure how to navigate this so I’m coming for advice. my husband and I recently opened up a coffee shop, and one of our hires is a student who has a learning disability.
my brother has severe autism, and my husbands niece also has a learning disability, so I do admit that it was partially an emotional decision on our part. however during our soft opening we realized that the way we thought the coffee shop was going to be ran (more a sit down style) was not going to work. So we are now trying to figure out where to place him. We’re thinking as our pastry boy(like give pastries to our customers) or our bus boy. for anyone who has worked with someone with a learning disability or owns a restaurant with hires like him, is this a good idea? he’s super sweet, but when we had him try the cash register, he couldn’t deal with the volume, and most questions people asked he couldn’t hear them as well (that day we learned he also is a little hard of hearing) we are also thinking maybe as a dishwasher so he doesn’t have to interact with customers.. is there any other position he could be in?