Voc rehab office drones FAIL

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Today I am here to gripe about how the county services for disabled people in my area suck.

10. I have (among other things not relevant to this rant) major issues with phone communication.

20. Luck! I find a support service that will actually hire someone to make job calls for me!

30. This support service requires me first to go through vocational rehab, which is next to worthless, but I'll waste some time with it if I have to in order to get what I need.

40. Voc rehab assigns me a worker who's used to dealing with ret*d people and crack babies, and utterly clueless about aspies. Fortunately, the support service sends him all their info on me, to help move things along.

50. Clueless worker disregards all the support service's info and tells me I need to call a bunch of potential employers and gather information for him.

60: GOTO 10



graaaaaarhgrheghh

sorry you have such problems with folks like that.

I watch people gawk at me when they finally realize that I mean it when I say I don't have a phone number. Even after I tell them I don't use the phone they still ask me for my phone number (for a phone that I don't use?) Geeze, it is not like we are issued a phone at birth!

Just remember a few paragraphs on a page is not going to explain being Aspie to someone with no experience with Aspies. We have the unenviable task of not only having the condition, but we get to educate people about it, too. Good luck with your job search.

I get that too. I have a number I can recieve voicemails and texts at, nothing more. At least I'm not the only one among my friends who doesn't have one - a friend managed to get himself banned from the phone company somehow, so between the two of us, everyone's used to communicating in person. :p

I have found, if I use a phone where I can HEAR myself talking to them (old landlines had this feature) I am alright. But if I can't hear myself through the headset while I am talking, it is like I don't know what I am saying to the other party. It is the only way I can use a phone, and I make my living ON the phone, 7.75 hours a day, 38.75 hours a week. When I go home from work, you had better have my email addy or you aren't going to get a hold of me.

I have to have that audio feed back. Perhaps that is your issue, too?

Hello,

Razaaq, I like your list. Are you a BASIC programmer?

I'm sorry about the informational and other snafus. I've found out myself that different vocational rehab people have very different levels of courtesy and helpfulness.

Like it or lump it, since the vast majority of individuals in the Western world - including poor people - have phones, people expect you to have a phone number too. You might like to try K7 Unified Messaging, which provides a free phone number where people can call you (and leave voicemails) and fax you stuff. Either way, it gets forwarded to your email, or you can go on their website and access it that way.

Sinsboldly, that's an interesting point about audio feedback. I take it that hearing yourself talk doesn't do the trick, is that right? How does not hearing your voice come back to you affect you?

Cheers,