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of shirts in every size. And even better? Gregory has now
been employed at Spectrum for years.
Other local Spectrum clients include school districts,
nonprofits, the autism community, and businesses including
Neiman Marcus, Facebook New York, and Guitar Player magazine. "We have an NYU job coming up, and we're doing some
quarter zips for the 90th precinct of the NYPD," adds Howe.
"Picking up customers like that, big-ticket clients that people
have heard of, lends supreme legitimacy to what we do."

Meaningful Work
Many workers come to Spectrum through partnerships
with local school districts. People with disabilities can stay
in high school until the age of 21, with the last three years
of secondary education focused on obtaining vocational
placements. Spectrum offers real-world work experience to
students for an hour or two at a time. The rest of Spectrum's
workforce is comprised of three full-time employees and 17
part-time employees. Spectrum pairs its staff members with
employees from the Nicholas Center, an education-focused
partner organization created by the Spectrum team and
headed by Spanakos and Sugrue.
Consistency and behavioral rigor are the keys to Spectrum's
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its employees, says Howe. Each aspect of production, whether
it be screen printing, embroidery, or DTG, has been broken
down into parts so that employees have jobs that fit their
unique abilities, such as loader, washer, burner, folder, packer,
catcher, or emulsifier. Employees follow clear, photographed
instructions so that they have a consistent and repetitive job
that effectively contributes to the overall production process.

HigH iMpact, HigH Quality
The biggest challenge Spectrum Designs faces is the perception associated with having a disabled workforce. Howe says
that, very understandably, people wonder if the quality of the
product will suffer because of the mission of the organization.
Spectrum refutes this by following a code of extremely high
quality control, paying special attention to "all of the regular
things that happen during a screen print that sometimes you
can get away with," such as off-contact issues, Howe explains.
Spectrum Designs works to not only provide jobs for people
with disabilities, but also to champion its workforce's ability.
Some of Howe's favorite moments on the job come when
clients don't realize Spectrum is a nonprofit organization, or
anything other than a typical shop. Spectrum has clients who
choose the company simply because they're nearby and can
easily pick up their T-shirts. They work through the whole


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