The earlier autism is detected and intervened, the better the effect.
"Can children work like ordinary people when they grow up?" I believe that this is a special concern for many parents with autism, and it is also a practical problem that their children may face in the future.
"Can children work like ordinary people when they grow up?" I believe that this is a special concern for many parents with autism, and it is also a practical problem that their children may face in the future.
Objectively speaking, in reality, many older children with autism often have social or intellectual deficiencies and lack of vocational training, resulting in no company acceptance and can only stay at home.
However, parents can not protect their children forever, children sooner or later have to leave their parents to survive alone, it is not impossible for Xingbao to find an inch of foothold in society, parents also need to be targeted to understand what kind of work children with autism may be suitable for, and consciously cultivate Xingbao's work ability in order to be targeted.
Today, we will talk about the employment of autistic children, from the preliminary preparation to the formal induction, parents in addition to worrying about the concerns, what else can they do for Xingbao!
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What is the employment status of children with autism?
According to statistics, the current national autism group has exceeded 10 million, and the group of children aged 0-14 has reached more than 2 million.
Nowadays, the first generation of autistic children diagnosed in the mainland have now become middle-aged people aged around 35-40 years old, and the group of autistic children diagnosed in the 90s have long been adults, and have already reached the age of employment, and the reality is that the employment rate of adult autistic people in China is less than 10%.
Because most of the autistic patients have some social or intellectual defects, coupled with the fact that the mainland has not yet issued some relevant policies to help adult autistic people find employment, many autistic patients generally face employment problems after graduating from rehabilitation institutions or special education schools.
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What jobs are suitable for older people with autism?
Autism does not mean that there is no employability, with the promotion and implementation of early domestic treatment, integrated education, special education, parents are fully committed to education and training, autism groups are also receiving more and more attention, and their employment potential is constantly improving. Parents and children with autism must have confidence, even if diagnosed, they can fully stimulate different abilities, learn professional skills, and do what they like.
Let's combine the actual cases to talk about what type of work The Star treasures are suitable for:
1) Sorting out the nature of the work: librarian, supermarket tally clerk, warehouse goods manager, etc.
This type of position can play the characteristics and advantages of autistic children who pay attention to classification, pay attention to detail, like to organize according to their own wishes, and do not get bored. Some of the life skills children learn in special schools, such as simple classification, color, shape, letters, numbers, etc., can be transformed into tasks such as organizing documents or placing materials on shelves.
"The first person to be employed by autism in Shanghai" works in the library
Gu Jiandong, nicknamed Dongdong, was diagnosed with autism since childhood. In 2012, under the joint promotion of Jiefang Daily and Shanghai Library, he came to the Shanghai Library Reader Service Center to do volunteer work. In 2013, at the age of 21, he officially signed a contract with the service outsourcing company pictured above and became a librarian, achieving a breakthrough in the employment of autistic people in Shanghai.
Today, Dong Dong has been working in the above picture for nearly 10 years, usually wearing a blue coat overalls, wearing white gloves, crouching on the ground skillfully stacking the books, and then comparing them according to the numbers on the spine, inserting them in the position where they should be placed, looking no different from any librarian.
Compared to before, he has become much more active, and will interject coldly when others are chatting. Commuting to work to change the subway yourself, recharging your meal card, choosing the meal you want to eat, answering simple questions from readers, mastering book collation, putting on the shelves... His progress can be said to be beyond imagination.
"The Boy Who Played with Lang Lang" was packed in a garment factory
Zheng Senyou was diagnosed with autism when he was two years old, and from an early age, he did not listen to others, did not dare to look at people when he went to school, and often issued screams that he did not know. He likes music, practicing for more than 3 hours, and in junior high school, he stood out by participating in a piano competition that lasted more than five months and became an "autistic teenager on the same stage with Lang Lang" on the Internet.
Honors large and small had made the family hope that one day Mori yu would make a living from art, but this idea was disillusioned.
In 2021, 19-year-old Zheng Senyou graduated from a normal vocational school, entered a clothing company after graduation, and became a regular employee with a labor contract and five social insurance and one gold.
Today, Zheng Senyou has obtained a grade 10 certificate in piano and guitar. Usually, when he sits down at the workstation, he will wake up the Bluetooth speaker with his voice, "play the Carmen of the National Symphony Orchestra of China", and then listen to the symphony in the warehouse room full of clothes and begin to check and pack according to the single quality.
2) Cleaning work: cleaners, car wash shop employees, etc.
People with autism have many advantages in hygiene and cleaning work, and the skills they have learned over the years at home and in special school interventions and rehabilitation can be used in this type of work. One advantage of hygienic and clean work is that there is less work without unpredictable social interactions, and only focus on the work at hand.
16 autistic children, 1 car wash
There is a special car wash in Shenzhen, the "Xi Xi'er Car Wash Center", the main employees of this car wash center are 16 autistic patients (also known as Xi Xi'er), who are paid through their labor, just like every social person.
These employees like to go to work, they are the least lazy employees, said good wipe five times, not to five times will not stop, can not wipe off the stain, they also try to wipe off. At first, the guests came here to wash the car out of care for the special group, but because of their dedication, they became repeat customers.
3) Work in contact with plants and animals: horticulturist, veterinarian, etc.
Dealing with flowers, trees, and small animals is also a good career choice. In the gardening work such as fertilization, watering, pruning, and soil loosening, on the one hand, it can give full play to the advantages of special groups of people in doing things in an orderly, meticulous, meticulous, and detail-oriented manner, and on the other hand, it also plays a healing role in the physical and mental health of autistic patients. The work of contacting small animals can partially avoid frequent communication with people, and can make autism workers feel smoother, so there are not many obstacles.
4) Mathematical logic or abstract ability has a specialty: software tester, program developer, computer technician, accounting, finance, etc.
This type of work is suitable for high-functioning autistic people, who, like ordinary autism, have social communication disorders, limited interests, and repetitive, stereotyped ways of activity; but they often have some advantages in school and exams, such as having super mechanical memory ability. They are good at or particularly interested in systematic, regular, and predictable knowledge systems, and they have strong analytical skills, so they adapt to work in research institutions. Moreover, this kind of work is not affected by social and environmental factors, and only needs to focus on project research, and the requirements for staff are also to be able to pay attention to details.
5) Musical or artistic ability: musical accompaniment, painting, processing and production of artworks, etc.
Generally speaking, people who work in the arts need a quiet, even lonely environment to exert their artistic qualities, and autistic people naturally have a purer inner world. If your child has special skills and interests in a certain field of art, such as piano and painting, you can guide him to the extreme in this field and suggest some extensions to create some new job opportunities.
An "artistic genius" who toured the globe became a professional piano tuning lawyer
At the age of two and a half, Wei Yizhe was diagnosed by doctors as "typical autism, lifelong incurable". At the age of 12, he began to learn piano, practicing for up to eight hours a day. Five years later, he took the Level 10 certificate. Before he became an adult, he had appeared on the stage of many city theaters, toured the Americas and Europe, and became an "artistic genius" who was reported by the media.
In 2017, Wei Yizhe joined the Friedh Orchestra at the Second Children's Palace in Guangzhou. During the pandemic, he formed the Jazzy Pie Jazz Orchestra with three musicians. In the band, he worked as a bassist and composer, also practicing piano, electronic pipe organ (double row keys), classical guitar and composer, and they were occasionally invited to commercial performances.
Later, under the intentional cultivation of his mother, Wei Yizhe became a professional piano tuning lawyer. After two or three years, Yi Zhe was admitted to the piano tuning lawyer certificate. A hundred and dozens of pianos, through his hands, all wiped away the thick ash and restored the pitch.
Every time he finished tuning the piano, Yi Zhe clapped his hands and jumped away. "He loves challenges." Most of the clients expressed satisfaction, "One by one, the gavel was touched slowly, more carefully than other tuning lawyers." ”
6) Other jobs that can be tried: bakery and pastry maker, photo development, photocopying, data entry clerk, money counting clerk, data entry clerk, factory parts assembler, etc., are all types of work that can be tried.
A lonely girl working as a cashier in a supermarket
Ni Zhuojun, a 29-year-old girl with autism, likes to draw and also likes to run, as a special artist, she has been selected for many art exhibitions; she has also participated in many marathons, all of which have achieved good results. Today, she works for a supermarket chain as an eight-hour staff member in the automatic cash register. After starting work, she will register on her mobile phone every day, go to work at what time, punch in at what time, drink water at what time, and carry out a fulfilling work under clear planning.
After work, Zhuo Jun was no longer trapped at home all day, and the whole person was much more cheerful. Talk to her, and it would never have occurred to her that she was once an autistic child who could not fully express a sentence at the age of 18. In the checkout area, Ni Zhuojun smiled every time he was greeted, bringing warm service to customers. She proved to everyone that she could do all these things.
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Parents cultivate their children's employability from the following aspects
Expecting children to grow up to become a person who can work and live independently, shortening the gap between them and ordinary children, parents should cultivate their children's abilities in the following aspects from an early age:
Basic social etiquette:
The most important reason that hinders The integration of Xingbao into society is the lack of basic social etiquette. The first requirement for the elderly to enter the society is not to be excluded by others, and the basic rules and social etiquette are very important, such as the rules of eating, sitting in the car, and going to the toilet. The establishment of basic rules and the cultivation of social etiquette should be early, and if the children wait until they grow up to reverse these problems, it will take more time and energy, and the effect is not good.
Basic obedience:
Cultivating basic obedience is of great help to a child's future employment, and if he cannot cooperate with the tasks assigned by the unit, it is difficult to develop in the workplace.
Have a good understanding of your own characteristics and abilities:
In the process of growing up, you will have enough understanding of yourself to be more clear about what kind of work type you are suitable for and what kind of work challenges you can be competent for.
Self-care ability:
It is necessary to cultivate children's self-care ability, including personal hygiene management, taking public transportation, cooking simple meals, etc.; at the same time, children's daily routine and rest rules and adequate sleep are conducive to maintaining emotional stability and are the basis for stable work.
Emotional Management Skills:
Learn to control emotions in public. For example, avoid screaming in public.
Basic focus and execution:
Concentration and execution is to help children stabilize and continue to complete the ability to work, poor concentration if the effectiveness of the work is not good, in the process of growth, you need to assist children to develop corresponding strategies, so that they can achieve a certain quality of concentration.
Proactive problem-solving skills:
When encountering problems, we must be able to take the initiative to face the problem, take the initiative to ask for help, find a strategy to solve it, and seek the assistance of the appropriate person.
Acceptance of elasticity and variation:
In the face of a sudden situation, your mood can maintain stability. Accepting these unexpected changes and starting over is the key to surviving in the workplace.
Autistic children to find a suitable job is not easy, here, we call on more companies to choose and accept autistic children, put aside the existing negative concepts, to provide children with the opportunity to try, but also sincerely hope that the state to give autistic patients more policy support, may every autistic child can find a free world that can truly accept him, achieve him, and belong to him!
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Source: Warmstar Community
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