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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 530823" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Yes, Janet, I agree. </p><p></p><p>With the computer I specified that he could use it due to special equipment given to him by the cincy assoc for the blind so he can see the screen. When they asked about cooking, I said only on a small scale, he won't starve but can't technically cook for himself. </p><p></p><p>There is a job he can do. Only he can't do it not just because of distance but because there is no way he can get his degree in computer hardware/software and it's certainly not for lack of trying. He can't pass English now for the same reasons he couldn't pass it in HS. (they passed him due to his IEP) Without English, that degree is a no go. Without the degree, he can't work with computers even though he knows far more about them than Nichole's husband who is working with his degree. (he husband still comes to Travis for advice) </p><p></p><p>I listed BSVI along with his source of docs because they evaluated (and were on HIS side) him for the work force. He can't do factory, he can't do fast food, retail/grocery were only with strict modifications to the job description and neither walmart nor kroger stuck to them and actually put his life in danger by forcing him to bring in carts from the parking lot. I explained he can't read a newspaper due to both vision and brain damage, same with many forms, and that he's using his Nook thingie to read because he can enlarge it to the point where there is very little on the page and he can see it to read. With his level of autism, sales would be impossible......it takes intense practice just to "maybe" get him through the interview process. </p><p></p><p>CW did seem to understand that with Travis, it's not just vision (although that is a large part of it) but he has neuro issues which also complicate the vision ones......and then the autism that just complicates it more. </p><p></p><p>He's pulling in (at least this is the way he made it sound) a neurologist, MD eye doctor, neuropsychologist, maybe a hematologist/oncologist although other than the worry of blood clots.....this diagnosis is the least of his worries concerning work. </p><p></p><p>But I'll coach him to always answer using his worst days as reference.......and it will take coaching because he always focuses on what he can do, not what he can't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 530823, member: 84"] Yes, Janet, I agree. With the computer I specified that he could use it due to special equipment given to him by the cincy assoc for the blind so he can see the screen. When they asked about cooking, I said only on a small scale, he won't starve but can't technically cook for himself. There is a job he can do. Only he can't do it not just because of distance but because there is no way he can get his degree in computer hardware/software and it's certainly not for lack of trying. He can't pass English now for the same reasons he couldn't pass it in HS. (they passed him due to his IEP) Without English, that degree is a no go. Without the degree, he can't work with computers even though he knows far more about them than Nichole's husband who is working with his degree. (he husband still comes to Travis for advice) I listed BSVI along with his source of docs because they evaluated (and were on HIS side) him for the work force. He can't do factory, he can't do fast food, retail/grocery were only with strict modifications to the job description and neither walmart nor kroger stuck to them and actually put his life in danger by forcing him to bring in carts from the parking lot. I explained he can't read a newspaper due to both vision and brain damage, same with many forms, and that he's using his Nook thingie to read because he can enlarge it to the point where there is very little on the page and he can see it to read. With his level of autism, sales would be impossible......it takes intense practice just to "maybe" get him through the interview process. CW did seem to understand that with Travis, it's not just vision (although that is a large part of it) but he has neuro issues which also complicate the vision ones......and then the autism that just complicates it more. He's pulling in (at least this is the way he made it sound) a neurologist, MD eye doctor, neuropsychologist, maybe a hematologist/oncologist although other than the worry of blood clots.....this diagnosis is the least of his worries concerning work. But I'll coach him to always answer using his worst days as reference.......and it will take coaching because he always focuses on what he can do, not what he can't. [/QUOTE]
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