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meaningful occupation

katiecooks

Hi,

I work with adults with autism who have learning disabilities and limited verbal communication.

As the majority of people I support may well never have the opportunity to go out and work, I'm always thinking of ways in which they could be meaningfully occupied throughout the day.

To extend and expand their occupations and opportunties for learning during the day, as a starting point I am looking at their special interests and passions, and thinking about ways i can explore this further.

Does anyone have some advice, experiences or stories to tell on this subject?

Thank you

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  • Hi Katie,

    yeh i use to worry about everything,and found out the hard way,that i could not fight a loosing battle,i was getting stressed ,tierd and family felt like was going to fall apart.

    Then started reading my bible more and found a passage that read;

    God wants us to live for today,enjoy ourselfs and not worrie he will take care of the future and things we can't do.

    and guess what?we seem better for it more relaxed as a family,things arn't perfect but we enjoy each others company more.we dont worry about school.

    I also think so long as kids have home skills thats good,How many teanagers can't boil an egg?our eldest daughter(21) nothing wrong with her but she cant cook.(poor home skills). But our Autistic son who loves jamie Oliver (all his books)will do you a 3 course meal on his own,but cant comunicate v-well,or go to school.

    Out of the two i think my Autistic son has a better chance of living on his own than my daughter who has loads of education/not home skills.

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  • Hi Katie,

    yeh i use to worry about everything,and found out the hard way,that i could not fight a loosing battle,i was getting stressed ,tierd and family felt like was going to fall apart.

    Then started reading my bible more and found a passage that read;

    God wants us to live for today,enjoy ourselfs and not worrie he will take care of the future and things we can't do.

    and guess what?we seem better for it more relaxed as a family,things arn't perfect but we enjoy each others company more.we dont worry about school.

    I also think so long as kids have home skills thats good,How many teanagers can't boil an egg?our eldest daughter(21) nothing wrong with her but she cant cook.(poor home skills). But our Autistic son who loves jamie Oliver (all his books)will do you a 3 course meal on his own,but cant comunicate v-well,or go to school.

    Out of the two i think my Autistic son has a better chance of living on his own than my daughter who has loads of education/not home skills.

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