Helping Those in Need

I'm compassionate and worked with the disadvantaged people before, but never paid. It is ideal for me to work with helping people paid or unpaid. When I say disabilities it means: autistic, physical or developmental, cerebral palsy, downs syndrome. Also people with psychiatric disabilities such as: Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, or Anxiety Disorder. "Path Points" also helps the homeless, low-income seniors, and at risk youth transitioning to independence. Funny enough, I may fall under some of the above people considered as disadvantaged. I am working on my own independence and it's been very rough for me. Especially, all life's learning lessons and the letting go of things.So the question begs how can I get this job, sell myself to Path Points, let them know I am the womyn for the job? It involves some creative thinking. The company is going to want to know how good I am at helping those at-risk. And the truth is I don't know tell I do the job. It's a hard sell. I see mental illness everywhere in society and feel for them. You can say I've endured a fair share of mental abuse in the work place too. But I must forgive the past so I can vibrate love-- to help those in need. I am creative and believe that is a skill that can help people. How do I show that though? “Finding creative alternatives for traditional ways of doing things.” And by focusing on his or hers abilities rather than disabilities. Being as concrete as possible with those with autism is suggested. And showing not telling is also useful way of teaching. People with autism have many gifts and talents, expand on them. Tips: teach visually, use an area of interest (like counting bugs), stick to routine, use modeling and repetition (like being a good example, shaking hands), and especially be patient.

 This makes me think of the time I met a woman at the coffee shop. I asked if I could sit by her and we ended up having a conversation about helping with disabilities. She opened up about her cerebral palsy and it's slowly progressing. She went on to say policies in the United States have to change to help those with disabilities. Accommodating to them by making sure every bathroom has hand rails and that all businesses have accessibility for wheelchairs. It got me thinking, because before she brought that up all I thought about accessibility was handicap parking. Clearly, it is much bigger than that.