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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been. Multiple times. I have very severe learning disabilities and just screw up a lot. Unfortunately I can't change careers because I can only do this one thing to support myself. I also got fired as a teenager from part time jobs too. When I got fired from a clothing store I didn't really do anything beyond drive home crying. I didn't know why I got fired. I got fired from being a camp counselor and also didn't know why. I made up an excuse and quit at my ice cream shop job before they could fire me - I couldn't understand the instructions on how to make ice cream related drinks like root beer floats and whatever else there was. I went home hysterically crying from that.

At some jobs when they'd fire me they would be really kind and write me a letter of reference and let me know they wouldn't block unemployment. Basically, you go home, cry, then pull yourself together and start looking for a new job. The cycle never really stops. [/quote]

Have you gotten a neuropsych test, diagnosis and proper treatment (meds, therapy)? [/quote]

Not as an adult. I basically had terrible behavior and didn't learn anything all through school, then at age 19 was diagnosed with a ton of learning disabilities through my old school district and they recommended (I kid you not) that I become a cashier. Like as a full time job, as if that would support an adult. As a child I was forced to go to therapy where (somehow, the psychologist never noticed I had all these learning disabilities or connected that they could affect my behavior?) I was encouraged to be better behaved, follow directions at home and do my schoolwork. That was my "therapy." I wouldn't know how to go about it as an adult, and wouldn't trust a neuropsych test to be accurate since I've spent over four decades working around my self/brain. [/quote]

It sounds as if the PP has managed to cope with these learning disabilities pretty well, all things considered.  I salute you, PP.  It sounds like you have already figured things out as you're in your 50's at least.  For younger workers like yourself, one idea comes to mind -- when applying to a job, the applicant could be fully transparent about the learning disabilities and ask for some grace.  It sounds like PP (for example) is more than capable of working, but just need some grace (such as extra time to learn new processes, extra explanations, etc).  If you an applicant has integrity and is a hard worker, I am guessing that many employers would be willing to accommodate the person.  They just need to be transparent up front.  This is a question for PP -- how do you think we can help young people who are in your shoes, to make the working experience a little easier?[/quote]

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