Gaining Skills for Jobs with Autism & Being Employed with Autism

Adults on the

autism

spectrum who are totally talkative often have great advice for both parents and professionals helping children on either end of the spectrum, so today we're getting some advice from Ron Sanderson, who is an adult on the spectre. Hello, I'm Dr. Mary. Barbera, autistic mom, behavior analyst and best-selling author, every week I give you some of my ideas on how to change

autism

or the signs of autism, so if you haven't subscribed to my YouTube channel, you can do so now, today we share a short excerpt from a podcast interview I did with Ron Sanderson, an autistic individual who has been married for a decade, has a daughter, is gainfully

employed

, 40 hours a week for 15 years, never missed a day of work, so it provides a lot of wisdom, not only to help people who are fully conversant, but also to help children and young adults like my son, who has moderate severe autism and needs 24/7 care week, so let's share that excerpt now that you have a couple of books on autism and one that's about to be published. 2023, so why don't you tell us about your two books on autism?

You already know what they are about and then you hear from him. My first book was an appearance guide to autism. Practical biblical wisdom vice published by a Charisma house that is the third largest Christian. publisher who is one of the best-selling Christian books of all time on autism and while Roy and I interview 50 of the most famous people working in the field of autism in 50 real people unique to the autism spectrum and I see their advice on parenting and also how to help a Children thrive on the Spectrum and I use the information I got from the professionals I interviewed and from the parents and young adults I interviewed, people like Alexis Wineman, Miss Montana and Clay Mars or the poor Surfer and Temple Grand, and all the excellent advice I've given them.

I have gained from it over the years and my goal with my three books is to cover each period of life, this begins with diagnosis and although it continues into adulthood it focuses more on developing those

skills

while the child is young . My third book so The first book is a parent's guide to autism, practical advice, biblical wisdom, okay, and now my second was on theology, St. Augustine, and you think about Choice Action, so it sounds more to a movie than to a book about theology, and then my third book, which is about autism, is views from the spectrum, a window into the life and faith of her neurodivergent son and for this book I focus more on adolescence and I see your 20 incredible people on the autism spectrum, your stories with a devotional because many times when I was a child. with autism can have that hopeless complex when parents are told that their children are autistic they often feel hopeless and my books offer hope this book gives advice for parents shares 20 unique people on the autism spectrum people like Armani William a pilot NASCAR tarkle pro Baseball player Rachel Barcelona, ​​who is Miss Tampa and many others, Rachel's husband on our show as well.

We can link to it in the show notes. She had a really great interview, so that's amazing and now she's an amazing person. I have to go to Tampa in August. from last year oh cool Nate yeah that seems really nice so now your newest book coming out in 2023 what is it called and what is it about so I never know the titles of my books oh I just know what's the topic because every time I write a book the publisher comes up with a new title for my book, which is about the growth of autism and the transition to adulthood and I interviewed over a hundred people who are on the autism spectrum and are gainfully

employed

and I interviewed over 50 professionals who work with young adults. with autism and help them acquire those

skills

for employment and Dr.

Berry, the offer of a uniquely human way of looking at Autumn, he already did the book trailer and I got endorsements from well-known people who work on the autism spectrum , but my goal With this book there is a change in the employment situation of people with autism in the United States. Currently, only three percent of people with autism are gainfully employed, like me, eighty percent of people with autism have never had a job or are unemployed, and only about Currently, 10 percent in the United States have some employment and many of them, about seven percent of them are not gainfully employed, so you're saying there are very few people employed, three percent are gainfully employed and making a lot of money.

Wow, okay, where could you? have a house where you could have a family ten percent employed in some capacity but capacity, yes, yes, working packing groceries and that's another story that my mom used, it was inspired by Proverbs 22 29, do you see a skillful man in his job you served? before Reyes I would not work against dark men and when I entered kindergarten in special education they had a two-teacher rule: one in the back of the room, one in the front to run in the front, made so that you would not escape through the front door, back door, he made sure you didn't do a MacGyver excerpt through the back door, my mom said you're not educating people, you're babysitting young adults with autism and she said if he babysits children, they didn't teach Bessie.

Be is packing groceries, the best he can do is be a bellboy holding the door open and washing a plate and he said that if I can acquire those skills, he will serve before Kings and not dark men, and even when I did my internship at the college, I did it. under the world famous Dr. Jack Van Impe, had more Bible verses and memorized in the world than anyone at the time of his death, had spoken live to over 10 million people and took me under his wing when he saw my talent at Temple Grand. and he says the best talent attracts mentors and I have over 15,000 Bible verses memorized and that's what made him mentor me and let me be his first intern for his International Ministry and wow, my mom did two things that every person in the autism spectrum who is super successful did their parents do it or someone did it in their life number one she believed in me she saw a gift and said if I can refine that gift he will be he will serve me for kings and not for dark men number two she knew how to market my gifts, he taught me how to market and be an entrepreneur and that helped me be able to go to college and get my master's degree and you look at people like Temple Grand and Grant Meniere, the great artist their parents saw that. gift and they figured out how to market it Armani Williams, a NASCAR driver, his dad was able and his mom was able to market the fact or that passion for NASCAR driving and now he has sponsors that good marketers get or Clay Marzel, the surfer, and you know.

I love that someone believes in you and then someone helps you learn how to market your skills, like even Lucas who needs 24/7 care, like he always made me and his father believe in him, and even you know about marketing, like he goes to food. bench to volunteer with a worker you know with him that doesn't happen just by chance that happens we go around saying can you come here this is what it would be like oh we can't really sit through the training and understand all the rules but your Hab worker could attend to training and getting certified like, you know, there needs to be a give and take, which is a very good volunteer, but you don't have the comprehension skills to, you know, pass an exam or sit. through an orientation for two hours and learn how to be a good volunteer like he doesn't understand that so this really applies your two things yeah and successful adults are even if they have higher support needs or lower functioning or whatever you want. to call it there still has to be that belief in them and that work to progress and you know that Lucas will never be able to go to university or drive, but that does not mean that his life is less worthy or that someone failed him or there is some failure, it is just get people moving forward.

I hope you enjoyed that short snippet from the 212 podcast. If you did, you could listen to the full podcast by checking um below the link to watch the full podcast or you can attend a free lecture. online workshop at marybarbera.com forward slash Workshop to learn more about joining my online course and community where you can help your child or clients with autism. See you here next time.