Levi
Levi is a 22 year old male. Levi has been diagnosed with autism since he was two years old. Levi has high functioning autism. Levi is my inspiration to wanting to work with individuals with autism. I have never sat down and listened to Levi’s side of autism until now. When I decided to interview Levi, I called him on the phone and asked if it was okay. Levi scuffed at me and said, “fine”. When I interview Levi I asked him, “how are you doing?” He answered with, “I guess I am okay.” I asked Levi “is there anything new with you?” He said, “he got a new job at the YMCA.” I tried to dig more into the job because he did not want to tell me more. Levi then told me, “I got a custodial job at the YMCA and I will be making $10.00 …show more content…
Levi said, “I know how to take the bus from my house to West Saint Paul and Saint Paul.” I was very impressed with this skill because it is something I do not even know how to do any I bet many people do not know how to do. I told him that he had gain an important life skill and I told him I did not know how to even ride the bus. He laughed at my when I said that. I asked, “why did you do that?” He said because it was funny. One thing I was scared to ask was what is one negative experience you had in school but I asked it anyway. He said, “I did not like eating with the others.” I asked him, “why?” He said, “Since I have autism my hearing is better and when people would talk in the lunch room or scrap their forks, it would bother me,” he continued with, “no one would believe me and thought I just did not want to be in the lunchroom.” This made me very upset that he thought that people did not care enough to listen to what he had to say. When I tried to dig deeper into that topic he got mad and kind of yelled at me so I stopped. I really was not able to ask too many questions because in the half hour I talked to Levi, I could tell he was getting stressed out. He asked me if we could be done and I said …show more content…
Lauren has been working with children with autism for four years. I asked Lauren, “what made you want to work with this population.” Lauren told me, “truthfully, when I applied for the job I just saw how much it paid,” she continued with, “i just wanted to get out of my parents house and I did not really care what the job was if it paid well.” When she told me this I was a little taken back because knowing her and her love for working with children with autism, I would have never thought that is the only reason she took the job. I asked her, “what did you think about working in the schools?” She said, “it was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be and it was definitely not about the money after I started working there.” She said, “I loved working at the school and working with the children with autism.” Since working with Lauren, we both have quit the school. I went to school and she went to a different agency in the Twin Cities. I asked Lauren what her title at her new job was and what she does at her job. She said, “I am a behavioral therapist and I do in home ABA therapy with my clients.” Lauren has a certificate in ABA therapy from Saint Cloud State Univesristy. She is yet to be board certified but will be once the new year comes. I asked her, “what do you like best about your job?” She told me, “I love being able to be one on one with clients, working
Levi is a 22 year old male. Levi has been diagnosed with autism since he was two years old. Levi has high functioning autism. Levi is my inspiration to wanting to work with individuals with autism. I have never sat down and listened to Levi’s side of autism until now. When I decided to interview Levi, I called him on the phone and asked if it was okay. Levi scuffed at me and said, “fine”. When I interview Levi I asked him, “how are you doing?” He answered with, “I guess I am okay.” I asked Levi “is there anything new with you?” He said, “he got a new job at the YMCA.” I tried to dig more into the job because he did not want to tell me more. Levi then told me, “I got a custodial job at the YMCA and I will be making $10.00 …show more content…
Levi said, “I know how to take the bus from my house to West Saint Paul and Saint Paul.” I was very impressed with this skill because it is something I do not even know how to do any I bet many people do not know how to do. I told him that he had gain an important life skill and I told him I did not know how to even ride the bus. He laughed at my when I said that. I asked, “why did you do that?” He said because it was funny. One thing I was scared to ask was what is one negative experience you had in school but I asked it anyway. He said, “I did not like eating with the others.” I asked him, “why?” He said, “Since I have autism my hearing is better and when people would talk in the lunch room or scrap their forks, it would bother me,” he continued with, “no one would believe me and thought I just did not want to be in the lunchroom.” This made me very upset that he thought that people did not care enough to listen to what he had to say. When I tried to dig deeper into that topic he got mad and kind of yelled at me so I stopped. I really was not able to ask too many questions because in the half hour I talked to Levi, I could tell he was getting stressed out. He asked me if we could be done and I said …show more content…
Lauren has been working with children with autism for four years. I asked Lauren, “what made you want to work with this population.” Lauren told me, “truthfully, when I applied for the job I just saw how much it paid,” she continued with, “i just wanted to get out of my parents house and I did not really care what the job was if it paid well.” When she told me this I was a little taken back because knowing her and her love for working with children with autism, I would have never thought that is the only reason she took the job. I asked her, “what did you think about working in the schools?” She said, “it was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be and it was definitely not about the money after I started working there.” She said, “I loved working at the school and working with the children with autism.” Since working with Lauren, we both have quit the school. I went to school and she went to a different agency in the Twin Cities. I asked Lauren what her title at her new job was and what she does at her job. She said, “I am a behavioral therapist and I do in home ABA therapy with my clients.” Lauren has a certificate in ABA therapy from Saint Cloud State Univesristy. She is yet to be board certified but will be once the new year comes. I asked her, “what do you like best about your job?” She told me, “I love being able to be one on one with clients, working