http://www.blisstree.com/articles/work-it-out/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:54:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/work-it-out/comment-page-1/#comment-565289 Laura Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:14:08 +0000 http://www.blisstree.com/autismvox/?p=4306#comment-565289 This post made me sad... what do you see in his future? working at a school district I have seen amazing teachers who help teach job skills that the parent never thought possible. Helping sorting in school cafeteria, hanging clothes as a local store, watering plants at a nursery. And these are students who would be considered much lower functioning than your son. As we teach these kiddos to adapt to our world, more and more are slowly learning to adapt to theirs as well. :-) This post made me sad… what do you see in his future? working at a school district I have seen amazing teachers who help teach job skills that the parent never thought possible. Helping sorting in school cafeteria, hanging clothes as a local store, watering plants at a nursery. And these are students who would be considered much lower functioning than your son. As we teach these kiddos to adapt to our world, more and more are slowly learning to adapt to theirs as well.

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/work-it-out/comment-page-1/#comment-565276 Ekie Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:20:06 +0000 http://www.blisstree.com/autismvox/?p=4306#comment-565276 I had a career counselor tell me to go into data processing because I had no social skills. Problem is, data processing, library work, etc, would bore me to tears. I don't need a ton of social interaction, but I do need some, and I need something that challenges me and makes me think. Different people need different things, and there is no 'perfect' job for eveeryone on the spectrum. Which is why I never, ever, ever reveal the ASD in a job interview; it'd be like putting myself into a box and giving somebody else the key. I had a career counselor tell me to go into data processing because I had no social skills. Problem is, data processing, library work, etc, would bore me to tears. I don’t need a ton of social interaction, but I do need some, and I need something that challenges me and makes me think. Different people need different things, and there is no ‘perfect’ job for eveeryone on the spectrum. Which is why I never, ever, ever reveal the ASD in a job interview; it’d be like putting myself into a box and giving somebody else the key.

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