When my son was diagnosed with Asperger's my wife decided that I shared a lot of the characteristics and I was later diagnosed. It is tough on both of us, My son in school and sports and me with career choices. A lot of people don't understand our humor and don't realize how seriously we take things.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
My interview, David's socializing skills
I had a job interview earlier today for a company called "International Paper". They have great wages and benefit package. I was a little nervous going into the interview because I didn't know what they were going to ask as each one is different. I believe that I did okay. I tried not to mention about my social skills but since the position was for the 3-11 shift and I have counseling every other Tuesday at 6 I asked about what I should do about that. I then told her the extent of my counseling as to why I am going and told her about my diagnosis. Lucky for me she has heard and is aware of the syndrome and completely understands that I may not be social or may disagree at times and said that there are many things that I can use to take my mind off of it at work, she said as long as I can communicate a task (which I can) then socializing really isn't a big factor in the position as she would rather have workers rather than socialites. I was really surprised to hear that. She asked me to come back on Thursday to speak with her again along with the General Manager of the plant, which I'm not certain if that's a good thing or not but I think she liked my honesty and since she has heard of aspergers and understands it she may realize that we make great workers. I have not been given an offer as of yet so we'll see how my second interview goes on Thursday. Meanwhile today David was at bible school in the morning and then decided to hang out with his cousin the rest of the day. His mom takes him and stays for the duration watching Jack's class so I'm not sure how he's doing with that group of people but as far as his baseball team he is getting along pretty good however he would rather be playing on the playground or going swimming rather than playing baseball. Due to his poor motor skills he is not on the same level as the rest of the team and I think that discourages him a little bit. We are enrolling him in a summer OT program and hopefully it is year round and hopefully they can help him with his catching and throwing.
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