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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 559050" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Thanks everyone. Yes I already called voc rehab. They will call back next week but the person I talked to said they start at age 16 or a jr in high-school. Q is a freshman but they said thats ok if he meets other criteria. He needs to have the potential to be employable. Well how do you know if he's never been trained on anything. He does well at the ranch so???? They thought the ranch / farm option was good. So we will see. </p><p></p><p>True, he wont be in the pre college transitional sp ed programs. We have more functional Ind. Living transition programs too. But they are the same issue as school, my friends son is in it now and they have had to fight for every individual goal. He is college material based on school performance but not testing. They asked for tutoring for the tests just like other typical teen kids do and his scores went up and still they had to fight. The classes are larger and lots of social skills all together are worked on. If q doesn't get the practice now....gets more and more isolated, then how can he go to that I predict more of the same if we dont work this out. Same for a sheltered workshop. He will need supervised /coached work but I have worked in workshops. It would take a situation where he doesn't disrupt others etc. One I worked in took apart old gas meters for the</p><p>scrap metal. Very noisy, lots of sharp parts etc. He does do well in his small group jobs like putting together bags of beads for cubscouts and shredding paper etc. He currently does the attendance job and even the principal said she has never seen him do poorly in that. He has to knock on every school room door to gather the info. At home he can do laundry and unload the dishwasher and he makes simple foods so he certainly has potential for something. </p><p></p><p>The horse back riding program he is in is part of an overall mission to provide meaningful jobs to people with autism regardless of their level of functioning. They now have hundreds of acres of land in Montana and three huge health care buildings in mpls. They are creating retreats for people to go to where you volunteer and the residents do whatever they can to make your stay fun and yummy. I was asked to speak at a fundraiser for them last night. Very high brow so I was nervous. They had several young adults with autism come up and explain the tours they offer and are paid to give</p><p> Theres an Irish tour and a behind the scenes horse racetrack tour and a trail ride plus dinner etc. Several of the "kids" have high degrees and others are barely verbal. The founder's son is mostly one word echolalic. He has had some intense behaviors too. </p><p></p><p>As I briefly explained how for the last two years the one place I never worry we will be asked to leave is the riding program, how two summers ago. Q went from being not able to be social to having friends and this year he is learning vocational skills and how to help others and when he leaves he feels like he is there because they need him! I realized people were crying. After, I was asked to be interviewed by their publicist. It was a good night. (Interesting ...the sp ed dir. Of a close by large district wanted to know our story. I generalized and of course was politically correct but she was really kind. So were several other big donors one of whom donated the 300+ acre ranch in Montana.) So.glad to be able to help and the goal is for the program to end up self sufficient ...already other states and countries are starting the same business model. I pray we stay connected and its an option for him some day. </p><p>I hope our story helps them achieve this goal. </p><p></p><p>It's nice to have a hopeful thought in all of this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 559050, member: 12886"] Thanks everyone. Yes I already called voc rehab. They will call back next week but the person I talked to said they start at age 16 or a jr in high-school. Q is a freshman but they said thats ok if he meets other criteria. He needs to have the potential to be employable. Well how do you know if he's never been trained on anything. He does well at the ranch so???? They thought the ranch / farm option was good. So we will see. True, he wont be in the pre college transitional sp ed programs. We have more functional Ind. Living transition programs too. But they are the same issue as school, my friends son is in it now and they have had to fight for every individual goal. He is college material based on school performance but not testing. They asked for tutoring for the tests just like other typical teen kids do and his scores went up and still they had to fight. The classes are larger and lots of social skills all together are worked on. If q doesn't get the practice now....gets more and more isolated, then how can he go to that I predict more of the same if we dont work this out. Same for a sheltered workshop. He will need supervised /coached work but I have worked in workshops. It would take a situation where he doesn't disrupt others etc. One I worked in took apart old gas meters for the scrap metal. Very noisy, lots of sharp parts etc. He does do well in his small group jobs like putting together bags of beads for cubscouts and shredding paper etc. He currently does the attendance job and even the principal said she has never seen him do poorly in that. He has to knock on every school room door to gather the info. At home he can do laundry and unload the dishwasher and he makes simple foods so he certainly has potential for something. The horse back riding program he is in is part of an overall mission to provide meaningful jobs to people with autism regardless of their level of functioning. They now have hundreds of acres of land in Montana and three huge health care buildings in mpls. They are creating retreats for people to go to where you volunteer and the residents do whatever they can to make your stay fun and yummy. I was asked to speak at a fundraiser for them last night. Very high brow so I was nervous. They had several young adults with autism come up and explain the tours they offer and are paid to give Theres an Irish tour and a behind the scenes horse racetrack tour and a trail ride plus dinner etc. Several of the "kids" have high degrees and others are barely verbal. The founder's son is mostly one word echolalic. He has had some intense behaviors too. As I briefly explained how for the last two years the one place I never worry we will be asked to leave is the riding program, how two summers ago. Q went from being not able to be social to having friends and this year he is learning vocational skills and how to help others and when he leaves he feels like he is there because they need him! I realized people were crying. After, I was asked to be interviewed by their publicist. It was a good night. (Interesting ...the sp ed dir. Of a close by large district wanted to know our story. I generalized and of course was politically correct but she was really kind. So were several other big donors one of whom donated the 300+ acre ranch in Montana.) So.glad to be able to help and the goal is for the program to end up self sufficient ...already other states and countries are starting the same business model. I pray we stay connected and its an option for him some day. I hope our story helps them achieve this goal. It's nice to have a hopeful thought in all of this. [/QUOTE]
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