White tablecloths, flower arrangements, polished dining trays and servers filling plates and carrying drinks around the room — the things that filled the ZerNona Black Multigenerational Community Center could have been laid out for a black tie dinner.
That was the idea.
On Wednesday, staff from a new University of Texas at San Antonio program worked with trainees on food service and catering skills, giving participants an opportunity to get free, hands-on training with the basic components of those jobs.
Employ 210 is a grant-based program run by UT San Antonio researchers that partners with local businesses to create job training for people with autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities.
“It’s open to a broad definition of disability. It could be autism, neurodevelopmental dis