More Tales From the Day Program - Missed Meetings and Staffing Changes

I had a meeting scheduled with DC’s program, to go over the particulars about moving him into the new department and to go over how he has been doing there since the move. (See Original Post Here)

My caseworker did show up as did I, but no one else. (Online meeting).

She called the program and was told that the department head was not in that day (if you’ve been here long enough you will know that this is not the first time this has happened).

Everyone else she tried went to voicemail.

We were able to have a quick meeting while we waited for someone to get back to us and finally gave up and will have to reschedule.

DC came home this afternoon with a memo stating that his “boss’s” last day with the program was the day before this scheduled meeting.

I had to take time off from work for this and no one could bother to let people know the meeting was cancelled?

I had emailed his boss that morning about another matter and thought it was odd that he hadn't gotten back to me. I had just heard from him a few days earlier. He was preparing for this meeting and had a question on some of DC's paperwork.

The letter gave a temporary contact email so I decided to forward the email I originally sent to his boss, to her and mentioned how I had to take time off work for this meeting that no one showed up for.

She apologized for the mishap and explained that his boss left so quickly that no one knew about the meeting that was scheduled... except that this person was cc'd on the meeting email AND The Zoom link for the meeting - but we won't go there.

So now after getting DC out of the awful situation he'd been in before he was moved to this department, we have another staff change.

That always goes well.

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In case you are new here: “I tell stories, most of the time; single individual stories about this or that. Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"

It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. So I tell 1000 stories to make clear that there are other sides to autism than the characters seen in TV or movies."

This blog is used for shorter posts, off topic posts and also for longer Face book statuses. Please visit my official blog site at: Taking it a Step at a Time 

Tales from the Day Program - Update on the New Program

 

I had to drive DC and *Sally to their program today as their driver is on vacation.

While I was there I had to wait for his old department head, *Susan to bring me a check that I needed to sign for.

Details here:

"The Department of Labor had paid a visit there and they discovered that they were required to be paying federal minimum wage instead of state minimum. So they have a check for DC."

As I may or may not have mentioned, I noticed an immediate change in his anxiety levels since he found out that he would be leaving said program and even more-so now that he is completely out of said program.

He has also not felt the need to wear a mustache since that meeting (The Day Program: Ch-ch-ch-ch Changes).

While reading and signing for the sixty cent check, Susan tried to make small talk and told me how wonderful DC was doing in the new program and that she checks in on him all of the time. She asked if he was less anxious at home.

Now... my brain always tells me to let things go but my mouth doesn't always agree, but I did manage to hold my tongue and just answered "Yes" - not very nicely, I will admit.

I wanted to say that I really do not think this is something she should be feeling pride about.

If this was the intention (which was clear at the meeting) then someone should have spoken to me or suggested it months ago instead of  making his time in the old program unbearable for him.

Just sayin'...

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In case you are new here: “I tell stories, most of the time; single individual stories about this or that. Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"

It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. So I tell 1000 stories to make clear that there are other sides to autism than the characters seen in TV or movies."

This blog is used for shorter posts, off topic posts and also for longer Face book statuses. Please visit my official blog site at: Taking it a Step at a Time 

Pajama Day

 It was pajama day today (and also DC’s first day in the new department at his program (here if you missed it https://takingstep.com/.../the-day-program-ch-ch-ch-ch.../ )

The one snaffoo was the black pajama pants that go with the pajama shirt didn’t have pockets for his wallet and his phone. #momfail

I found another pair of bottoms with pockets but without the Doctor Who logo which you couldn’t see anyway because the shirt covered it, but they didn't “go with” the top.

He was ready to give up on pajama day altogether because this “set” was the plan and he didn’t want to change the plan to chose different pajamas.

He did finally got over it when I SHOWED him that the logo on the pants that “go with” the top would be covered by his shirt - because apparently just telling him wasn’t enough.

#EverythingMustMatch

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In case you are new here: “I tell stories, most of the time; single individual stories about this or that. Some may be written with humor and some may come across as “Oh, look at the cute thing DC did or said” (he does crack me up at times) but my object is always to make people understand how his mind works, never to "make fun of him"

It is difficult to explain “his” autism to anyone without resorting to 1000 examples and 1000 stories. So I tell 1000 stories to make clear that there are other sides to autism than the characters seen in TV or movies."

This blog is used for shorter posts, off topic posts and also for longer Face book statuses. Please visit my official blog site at: Taking it a Step at a Time