Inclusion and more

  People with disabilities often face barriers in employment. Here are some tips for those with disabilities to survive work: 1. Find a job you LOVE You spend 90% of your time at work. It's importantly to love your job. Find a job that fits your strengths and interests. If you're good with interesting with people, find a job that fits your strength of being a people person. If you enjoy working in a restaurant as a dishwasher or server, apply.  Yes work is sometimes filled with rough days and struggles. If you love your job, you will see those days as a thing of the past 2. Utilize job coaching Job coaching is used as a service to help people with disabilities learn their jobs and their employers and co-workers learn them. Locally in Arizona, organizations like HOPE Group offer job coaching services. HOPE Group sends their HOPE coaches to client workplaces to do "Autism 101" trainings. Before I started my current job,  I started my HOPE ...

  What do you choose between God's way or your WAY? Hopefully God's way. When you choose God's way you choose to follow him and let him guide your life. God knows his plans for your life including  Where you will work and when you will get a promotion Who you will marry Where you will live Personally, sometimes for me I fall away from following God's way. I try and create my own plan for my employment situation and personal life. God always directs me back to follow Him his way and trust His plan. God's timing is always best.  God directed me away from past jobs and to my current position at BridgeWater Assisted Living Midtown.  I remember my interview like it was yesterday.  I was honestly scared beyond words. I remember thinking the following things: What will my experience be like interviewing with two people I don't know? If I get the job, what will my experience be like as someone with autism? ...