I work for an organisation that operates an ADE so am in regular contact with people with varying levels of disability. I support the ADE because it is very obvious to me the many benefits the ADE provide to these people with disabilities. I believe the ADE employees gain a significant amount of confidence and self esteem through actively participating in employment. The opportunity to have this employment simply would not be available to them without ADEs. I fear that if funding for ADEs were to be removed the disabled employees would quickly fall into depression and become increasingly more dependant on carers and support workers.