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

Aug 26th 09 Posted by Barbara

Autism Volunteer Story: Delivering Flowers and Sorting Books

“I had 2 volunteer jobs at Austin High my senior year. One was the Austin Children’s Museum. I sorted donated art supplies. I worked one afternoon a week. I went with Mr. Carter, then by myself for the summer. The other was at Seton Hospital. I delivered flowers to patients. Mr. Catter went with me and I worked by myself in the summer. We rode the bus from Austin High to work. I stopped... read more

Aug 25th 09 Posted by Barbara

Autism Job Story: From small offices to fitness facilities

“Ian began job exploration about 4 years ago at age 15. First job was shredding documents for a local non-profit. This was a job that was ‘carved’ away from the already way too busy case managers. By Ian doing the shredding, the case managers gained productive work time to be used in managing the needs of the clients they serve. Unfortunately, this ‘job’ is unpaid and... read more

Aug 25th 09 Posted by Barbara

Autism Job Story: Small Business Office Support

“Trey started working 2 afternoons/week at a small business downtown the summer after his first year at the GO Project in AISD (a 19-22 program based at St. Ed’s University). A former aide at Austin High took a job there and had Trey apply for a summer internship. He scans, shreds, does some data entry on the computer, helps set up for meetings, folds mailers and puts them in envelopes.... read more