Twenty years ago, the Clarke family took their son Ryan along to his first day of work.
“We were probably more nervous than him,” Ryan’s dad, Gerry Clarke, said.
“Ryan adapts well to most things. He loved it since day one.”
Ryan, who lives with Down Syndrome, has worked in packaging at South Australian disability employment provider Bedford ever since.
The 39-year-old said he has met his best friend and girlfriend at Bedford and enjoyed going every day.
But now, the job he loves — along with those of many other South Australians living with disability — is at risk, following the news that Bedford is set to enter administration.
That thought has been something Mr Clarke “can’t even comprehend”.
“It’s just such an important part of his…