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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 419779" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>His issues sound very similar to Travis. Travis also can't organize......not that he won't.....he can't, it's brain injury related. He also needs short directions in a list of no more than 1 or 2 things at a time. This is on top of the vision issues which complicate it more. And he shocked us by doing a good job both at walmart as a cashier and krogers as floor maintenance. The personal hygiene has also improved with age. It's not perfect......but is so much better than it was. </p><p></p><p>Travis was motivated to work because once you reach a certain age around here other than room and board.........you buy it yourself or do without. Granted, he wasn't motivated until about 18. lol </p><p></p><p>Hardest part for me..............was letting Travis try and fail or succeed. I've never thought of myself being over protective of him......cautious to some extent, but not over protective. He had a fairly normal childhood. But when it came to venturing into the world........scared the hades out of me and I wanted to tell him he couldn't.........but I bit my tongue and he showed me like every other thing he managed to achieve that Hey Mom, I can do this too. In many ways he's not that different from anyone else.......just takes him longer to get where he's going in life is all, and sometimes he has a unique way of getting there.</p><p></p><p>Oh.......and Travis can't multi task either........yet he managed to cashier, don't ask me how.........that was one of those well heck just let him give it a shot moments. lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 419779, member: 84"] His issues sound very similar to Travis. Travis also can't organize......not that he won't.....he can't, it's brain injury related. He also needs short directions in a list of no more than 1 or 2 things at a time. This is on top of the vision issues which complicate it more. And he shocked us by doing a good job both at walmart as a cashier and krogers as floor maintenance. The personal hygiene has also improved with age. It's not perfect......but is so much better than it was. Travis was motivated to work because once you reach a certain age around here other than room and board.........you buy it yourself or do without. Granted, he wasn't motivated until about 18. lol Hardest part for me..............was letting Travis try and fail or succeed. I've never thought of myself being over protective of him......cautious to some extent, but not over protective. He had a fairly normal childhood. But when it came to venturing into the world........scared the hades out of me and I wanted to tell him he couldn't.........but I bit my tongue and he showed me like every other thing he managed to achieve that Hey Mom, I can do this too. In many ways he's not that different from anyone else.......just takes him longer to get where he's going in life is all, and sometimes he has a unique way of getting there. Oh.......and Travis can't multi task either........yet he managed to cashier, don't ask me how.........that was one of those well heck just let him give it a shot moments. lol [/QUOTE]
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