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A day program for adults with autism that presumes competence, focuses on strengths and provides job training, social life and employment.

The take control method

By Gil It is very important to be able to be a good example when you are trying to help someone else. You need to be calm and collected when you are trying to help. I am developing a good way to help others by showing example. I consider it a strong progress and I am hoping to be able to become a team leader at joydew. If someone is not doing so well it is important to help then be calm by being calm yourself. The trick is to stay calm so you show good example to the other person. A good leader needs to be in control and not get upset. To be able to be a good leader is a very important skill and I think I got it. Sometimes I feel that I can’t control myself because I can’t stand the noise that someone makes. Then I try to move away from that person so I will not get upset. After I move away I feel that I can control myself again and that I am ready to go back and help.

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About JoyDew

JoyDew transforms the brutal reality of people with autism from being treated as a commodity, living in isolation and without hope, into flourishing human beings with lifelong friends, who can express themselves and apply their unique talents and skills to succeed in the workplace. Our day program identifies their unique strengths and interests, develops them with job training and academic enrichment, provides communication and other supports, and creates high-level employment for people with autism, without exception, where they can learn and grow in a community of their own, and unleash their hopes and dreams.