I've made multiple posts about a job program I attended that I thought would help me find a job that suits my needs and interests. Meaning the service was
akin to a dating app, but matching you with a job. This program, supposedly, helps disabled people find jobs
Here's what I expected
They provided you with training and sent you a listing, etc.
Matched you with jobs based on your interests. Say you fixed computers, and helped
you find a job in that area. The program wasn't what I thought.
The coach had too many expectations. Job hunting when you're disabled is different than job hunting when you're non-disabled. She was Pikachu shocked
When I wasn't applying for all of these jobs, when I sucked at interviews and remembering things.
These programs don't listen to disabled people. We're here because we can't find employers willing to hire disabled people and provide accommodations that allow us to do the job.
These programs don't understand disabled people. All disabilities are different. One reason disabled people struggle to get hired due that we'll miss work when symptoms become unbearable. Folks like to judge disabled people for not working. If you wouldn't hire non disabled people for missing so much work, you'd see them as unreliable.
My idea of a program, they understand barriers that keep disabled people out
of the workforce. Some of us can do work, eg, starting our business, where we can have our schedule. If we can't hold a job long enough, how can we do that?
Perhaps some want to travel full-time. Some folks travel for work. Freelance work where I work until the project is done. It's something different to prevent burnout on the autism side. I can choose my field.
Content creation, blogging on these sites. Getting started when you're new is the hard part.
I took this photo before starting a program that I thought would help me get on my feet.
