{"id":1684,"date":"2026-09-02T10:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T00:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/?p=1684"},"modified":"2026-09-02T10:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T00:33:11","slug":"jack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/2026\/09\/02\/jack\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Jack is thriving in his job<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look what\u2019s possible when employers recognise people\u2019s strengths!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jack loves his job at Fleet Plant Hire. It has helped him build confidence, make friends, learn new skills and work towards his goal of living independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fleet Plant Hire carved Jack\u2019s role around his strengths with people and computers. Jack is now a fantastic team member who is thriving in his job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jack found his role through Down Syndrome Australia\u2019s Employment Connections service. The service supports people with Down syndrome to find meaningful paid employment and helps employers build inclusive workplaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jack&amp;apos;s Employment Story | Down Syndrome Australia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hz6UdY2yUo0?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack is thriving in his job Look what\u2019s possible when employers recognise people\u2019s strengths! Jack loves his job at Fleet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"443,110,1,369,1014,498","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1684"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1688,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684\/revisions\/1688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}