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: 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