Sun, Jul 05, 2009
DAVID SANDERS / ARIZONA DAILY STAR 1988

Tucson Region

Tucson Time Capsule: Training for disabled

Tucson, Arizona | Published: 05.06.2008
It may look like just a pile of shovels, but to students involved with Project Origins, they were the tools to help them make a smoother transition into society after their schooling ended. The students were working on an archaeological dig near Marana on May 6, 1988. With the help of a federal grant, UA doctoral student Jamie Gittings began the program to provide job skills and social integration to handicapped students nearing the end of their school years. Because of its many repetitive tasks, archaeology presented a good opportunity for such training, Gittings believed. To read about an array of topics, visit go.azstarnet.com/morguetales. Topics include past measles epidemics.