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Countdown to Job Corps...Will he make it?
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 656898" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Depends on why he is the way he is.</p><p> </p><p>I know I'm a bit of a contrarian on this site sometimes - I've seen the other side (me, my bro, my kids...) Why has he gotten to this point in life, and you don't know what makes him tick? It's an interesting question. Why can't he see "this"? How many reasons do you want? There will be that many.</p><p> </p><p>Here's my theory... he isn't a neurotypical kid. He doesn't think like you think, doesn't feel like you feel, doesn't see or hear what you see or hear... but DOES see, hear, think and feel. Just differently. He's out of step with the world around him - and has been all of his life. He can kind of sort of hold it together sometimes - he managed to get some sort of education. But the people he attracts are exactly the kind of people who take advantage of someone "out of step". He isn't attracted to, nor attracted by, neurotypical people.</p><p> </p><p>IF that is the case - then Job Corp is going to fail epically. The transition will be too huge. And somehow he knows that going in. HIS alarm bells are going off. No, they don't go off when yours do - so, he gets himself into all sorts of trouble. Trouble that he "should" see coming... IF he were neurotypical. He's never figured out how to navigate the neurotypical world. Some differently wired folks somehow figure it out - others need help.</p><p> </p><p>The trouble is: there is VERY LITTLE help of any sort for these undiagnosed conundrum kids. They "should", "could", "need to"... bla bla bla except... they CANNOT. Not "will not" but CANNOT. They haven't been given the skills to handle any of this.</p><p> </p><p>Which means there is no easy answer, and maybe no answer at all. But the first question is: WHY is he the way he is?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 656898, member: 11791"] Depends on why he is the way he is. I know I'm a bit of a contrarian on this site sometimes - I've seen the other side (me, my bro, my kids...) Why has he gotten to this point in life, and you don't know what makes him tick? It's an interesting question. Why can't he see "this"? How many reasons do you want? There will be that many. Here's my theory... he isn't a neurotypical kid. He doesn't think like you think, doesn't feel like you feel, doesn't see or hear what you see or hear... but DOES see, hear, think and feel. Just differently. He's out of step with the world around him - and has been all of his life. He can kind of sort of hold it together sometimes - he managed to get some sort of education. But the people he attracts are exactly the kind of people who take advantage of someone "out of step". He isn't attracted to, nor attracted by, neurotypical people. IF that is the case - then Job Corp is going to fail epically. The transition will be too huge. And somehow he knows that going in. HIS alarm bells are going off. No, they don't go off when yours do - so, he gets himself into all sorts of trouble. Trouble that he "should" see coming... IF he were neurotypical. He's never figured out how to navigate the neurotypical world. Some differently wired folks somehow figure it out - others need help. The trouble is: there is VERY LITTLE help of any sort for these undiagnosed conundrum kids. They "should", "could", "need to"... bla bla bla except... they CANNOT. Not "will not" but CANNOT. They haven't been given the skills to handle any of this. Which means there is no easy answer, and maybe no answer at all. But the first question is: WHY is he the way he is? [/QUOTE]
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