Moving on to week five and life lessons...

Well... Chad is ready to get a job... at least start looking into

getting a job. This is a difficult task when you can't hear.

 

So we have been directed to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.

 

We went to the orientation today... It was held at the Worksource

 office. I went there last week and verified that they had the

 equipment for those hard of hearing. They should have...

I have spent two weeks in their classes and they announce

 in every class they have this equipment and to just

 ask at the front desk.

 

So... I went the front desk "sure we have that".

I mention to Chad/Eric we should arrive early

so we can make sure this stuff is set up and works.

 

We arrive 30 minutes early to get the equipment set up.

They had to look for it...

Then they asked me if I knew what they were looking for...

Then they asked me how it worked....

Then we took all the stuff to the room where the orientation was...

The person conducting the orientation didn't know how to use it...

It seemed that their "team" who did know how to use it was gone that day.

 

It turned out that we were the only ones who would be attending the orientation

so Chad could hear and the video was close captioned.

 

 

I went back to the front desk and said ...

Chad will be back here in the morning to attend another meeting

could they figure out how it worked before then?

Sure.... They spent another 3 hours looking it up,

asking me questions, replacing batteries etc.

 

Guess what... you have to have a hearing aid for this thing to work.

 

We don't have one.

 

It was a very good lesson for me and the people at Worksource.

I wanted to cry...

Chad won't be attending tomorrow's meeting.