Sep 1st 09 Posted by Barbara

doing laundry for my massage therapist – Autism Job Story

“i am john and i have autism. not too bad except can’t talk. i do a lot of work at home and i wash sheets for my massage therapist. she gives me money so i can go to movies and buy soda. also, i take the food from dear church cheerful place to the food bank downtown. we take it so homeless poor people will have something for dinner. i feel good to help people.” read more

Aug 31st 09 Posted by Barbara

Lisa’s Quality Rags, Owned and Operated by Woman with Autism

When a job with Goodwill ended because of funding cuts, the family of a 29-year-old woman with autism decided to set her up with her own business. When Lisa Witte first went to work at Goodwill at the age of 15, she was trained to take clothes out of boxes and put them on hangers. Her aide saw that she could do much more than that, despite not being able to read or write or say much more than “Hi,... read more

Aug 28th 09 Posted by Barbara

Autism Job Story: Working at HEB

“hi my name is charlie and i work at HEB and it gets hard sometime but you will get used to it and what i do is i am a bagger and it will take sometime to get used to working at HEB but its ok” read more