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  • Thank you so much for putting together this video!

  • DO A WEB SEARCH ON:

    charles h. miranda  OR:

    charlesthepoet2003 OR:

    charlesthepoet2004

    THANKS.

  • I'm very happy to see an autistic person be made into a productive member of society.

  • I'm glad he gave him a chance

  • Very inspiring! Thank you for sharing this. Im a mother of a 4yr old autistic son. This gives me hope that there are still compassionate and open people out there. Good hope for the future!

  • really positive story to hear. thanks for posting!

     Many people posting on here need to do a little more reading up on the subject before they start writing like know-it-alls

  • Johnathon ftw

  • This is a wonderful story to see.

  • @cjellwood

    The definition of Autism is inability to socialize normally, no more no less.

  • a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment.

    I would say it means a lot more

  • @johnnydontdance i was trying to explain y some ppl might think ppl are mis-diagnosed. sure, i didn't add symptoms , but they are not part of the definition, just how to recognise it. if you look up the current definition it is often acompanied with symptoms, and it evolves with patterns which ppl like to do. but i'm still 100% correct, you douchbag! fyi children grow up

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  • is this just my opinion or are there lots of people seemingly mis-diagnosed with autism? Just because someone looks odd and has difficulties does not mean they have autism

  • Last time I checked, physical features are not affected by Autism Spectrum Disorders. For example, I have Asperger's, but I'm just downright fugly on my own.

  • je is a great employer good job.

  • What a wonderful employer! Keep up the excellent work!

  • autistic child are good and sometimes the mood swing are unpredictable...i have a autistic friend and what scares me off is he holds a stranger for a couple of seconds and when you try to remove his hands from the stranger he wont...thats what im scared of becoz we dont know how people reacts...

    so please give me some advice..

  • Have you tried writing to him in paper that he should not do that, or use pictures if he is heavily hit by autism... Worked with my younger brother.

  • I would suggest just tell the stranger your friend is autistic and remain calm.. you're a great friend.

  • actually he is my friend but her mom pays me becoz sometimes i stay in their house and help/assist him for his daily routine(summer job)... i hope he would have a great health becoz he is really a good boy he save up to a thousand euro by making Greeting cards and donate it to a foundation he is really blessed i hope god will guide him...!

    tnx for your suggestion..

  • i think the best thing is to explain to the stranger that your friend is autistic and attempt to get your friends attention on something other then the stranger

    its no good trying to physically remove his hands from the stranger though, it only agitates him, most likely making him hold on longer, as his mind will be too filled with all the input (the stranger, yourself/other friends/the enviroment, etc.)

  • He needs to see a AS Psych. He needs to replace the action with something else. They know how to get through :) I have AS and have exp with them

  • I really enjoyed viewing the video. My son is still only 5. Nevertheless, it gives hope to the distant future. Moreover, I always enjoy hearing a success story of an adult or child with Autism.

  • Empolyment !!

  • He has Autism.....but it doesnt have him!

  • I find the people who have the most bulls**t to say about this disorder, are the ones who don't understand the disorder except for its defects, and because they're threatened to see how much potential people with Autism really have...compared to them!

  • Well now a good number of people with autism are assholes, how can she make a sweeping generalization like that.

  • Probably because they have to put up with stupid, ingnorant people all day long, who think that people with autism will never amount to anything!

  • And that excuses them from being assholes? Almost everyone has to put up with stupid and ignorant people all day every day.

  • the real jerk is you...

  • Elaborate. How does my statement that not all people with autism are friendly unicorn farting gifts from God make me a jerk?

  • because you seem to speak before you research and try to understand...that makes you a jerk...

  • So you are disputing my claim that not all people with autism are awesome and friendly people?

  • I am disputing your claim that they are assholes...

  • Except for the fact that that's not at all what im claiming. Im saying not all autistic people are awesome and that some of them are, in fact, assholes just like there are people without autism that are complete assholes.

  • That you are autisic with strange behaviour as best, does not mean that most autistics are assholes.

  • I'll write up a better reply as soon as you finish second grade reason comprehension.

  • There are different types of autism. Depending on the person a wide variety of employment possibilities exist. Autistic people process information a bit differently than others. One needs to be patient.

  • Fantastic to see your brother doing so well. We are a charity here in Australia that is achieving the same sort of success. See the ABILITY!!

  • Gonna need this in few more years for our girl! Praise God.

  • Thank you for helping to make a difference!

  • Great, accepting autists in the workplace would be so much more effective than those normalcy "treatments".

    There's a really cool danish company called "Specialisterne" who tailor workplaces for autists rather than non-autistic people, so autistic people can use their strengths(which tend to be unusual) in their work, and it's really successfull too!

  • Come and do my job. My wife says I do jack shit: It's a matter of opinion!

  • I still have trouble comprehending what austism is, the doctors diagnosed me as autistic when i was 2-3 years old but i appear of a normal person who dont have a disability.

  • Steven Speilberg is Aspergers.  Look how well he turned out!

  • I heard Bill Gates has Aspergers. First I heard about Speilberg, Hum! thats interesting. My son will be thrilled he has Aspergers. Great kid!

  • Tim Burton might have it also!

  • thank you for making it work for him. That is how it works, one person to work at at time. If we could only get other states to see the light. I support a guy that only wants to work 4 hours a week and Florida will only give him one hour of job coaching!

  • It's good when neurotypical people can get it: Few can. As a person on the autistic spectrum who holds a full time job as a telecomms technician: I have to be miles better than my peers, which I am just to "keep up". I also have to watch for (I hunt) bullies (it's the best way to deal with them). Neurotypicals are disabled in ways they don't see. Worse still, it's a glimpse of the Eugenics advocating Sociopaths who believe They Are God (their aggressive Narcissism)!!

  • holy gods! a boss who cares about individual employees, AND especially one in the autism spectrum. that guy is a saint!!

  • Wow! That is really a great caring man. We should be so lucky to work with such a patient and caring individual. GOD Bless that man and Johnathan.

  • TanjaKoch has been blocked.

    Hate speech will not be tolerated.

  • Sod Tanja! Too Right!

  • my son used 2 get off the bus and count every step outloud till he reached the front door. if his dad would playfully(?) miscount or jump over a step , you would have thought, i had slapped him in the face. this is some of my personal experience. I had to laugh when his supervisor says "we have to watch ... a it's every day like that or it will throw his routine off and we don't want to do that." that is a great man. congratulations. i hope my 14 yr old finds such help in his future

  • encyclopediadramatica [dot] com / aspergers

    stop this hateful site

  • It serves as a good place for people to vent. look up their definition of "Curebie"

  • i have aspies and i study autism and simalar disorders tanjakoch you are wrong because by saying autisics are violent people is false

    autistic people are more likley to become victims rather than victimizers due to there soical qs but austics do have meltdowns and i had a couple violent 1s in the pas that i regret

  • i am a autistic person and i am shocked that there are people that think there a problem with us they are the ones with the problem because they see us as weird.i was also diapointed with the guy whoe said we should be put in an island

  • why is autism a disease?

    being intelligent and happy at the same time is a disease?

  • its not a disease. its a syndrome. a set a behaviors which in many cases affect learning, social skills, and a persons overall ability to deal positively w/ the world. the man in this video was given a lot of help to function in a way that most of us take for granted. when the supervisor mentioned that he called johnathon b4 he got to work if there were going to be changes in his routine, that is a very important insight. and a wonderfully caring act.

  • I would like to make a suggestion to all those who have a genuine reason for visiting this space. Do not entertain with responses to Tanjakoch or any other confused,hatefilled and vengfull children. Lets hope they seek out the treatment they clearly need. There is enough hate in the world without having to coverse with people who get a kick out of writing such things from the safety of their own bedrooms. Second and last comment on the matter. Peace.

  • well said.

  • Re:TanjaKoch I am sad for what happened to you and I am sad that you didn't receive proper help in dealing with what happened to you. Your blanket statements about autistic people simply aren't true. You can't put them in a single category any more than I could say all rape victims turn into prejudiced b****es, just because you did. Many autistic people do care about people, they just have a hard time understanding certain social interactions. Please remember this.

  • the comment i wrote was not for you..it was for the asshole who said people with autism should be put on a island!!my daughter has been diognosed with autism!so the both of you can just fuck off!!what truth am i supposed to admit??

  • ohh well..hey idiot i would not piss on you if i saw you were on fire!!the guy in the vid probobly works way harder than you ever have in your life!and i bet he knows a hell of a lot more than you!!

  • get professional help b4 its 2 late. bless u.

  • Piss off Tanja!

  • 4kU Tanja!

  • Hey, Autistic people are NOT useless. My brother is autistic, and he gets straight As in school. You obviously know nothing about them, because if you did then you wouldn't say stupid shit like this. You kind of people make sick.

  • Shut up Tanja before I spam u! 4 your information I do have Asperger's Syndrome but I am able to control it to the point where i can be around neurotypicals. If you hate Autistic ppl so much then why the hell r u here?

  • You know what the cost? Parents paid money to get autistic people trained compares to girl that doesn't know how to keep their hand to themselve.

    More and more child are being born into a wedlock yet you have to blame the autistic people.

  • Ok.

    Not all of them get helper, some helpers betray them as they are being paid by the government.

    Helper that betray are the one that want to help long lasting client or simply wanted to make it easy on themselve.

    You shouldn't called autistic people "retard", these are intelligent yet socially and functionally impaired individual that deserved nothing but natural respect.

  • Are you using windows or macintosh?

    ( I know it doesn't sound valid to the subject, but it is.^_^)

  • I think a lot of you are brain dead. Autistic people contribute enormously to the community, who cares about the direct cost to us all?

  • You realized I'm right didn't you.

  • You will fit well with the Nazi party.

    Your mind is closed judging on your word.

    Good bye.

  • For the record, that is a severe problem and I believe you are one of them that have a violent outbursts. You said something about wishing that they were dead?

    Like I said, it no wonder you graduated from Hitler youth camp which was what? Germany?

    Another Hitler wannabe just spawn around the corner.

  • I am autistic and I'm currently adressing a problem where a Neurotypical person is trying to bully me at work but I won't have any of their shit. I've aleady told them to control their temper and my manager who has to act (UK law). So it's not just Aspies/Auties who have aggressive outbursts. We just have to be better than the NT's but it's never going to be appreciated: Bugger off, Tanja!

  • Curse those villainous NTs and their vile normal brains!

  • Neurotypical? What a piece of politically correct b.s.

  • I'm happy you like the term! Rejoice!

  • I'm happy that you are so easily made joyful.

  • Do you have a better term? "Normal people" just sounds too unprofessional, and isn't entirely correct because there are plenty of Neurotypicals who just aren't normal.

  • Well, let me think about it. I wonder if I could come up with something. I guess it's necessary to define normal, which is a task in itself! If I can think of a term I think it is good, I'll come back and post it.

  • I find that 'ordinary people' works well, most NTs, Normals or whatever you like to call them, hate being called ordinary

  • me too - it's an uphill struggle though...

  • Racist? I didn't know you have color.

    You still act like a Nazi.

  • If you knew what you wrote, you would realize that you only contradicting yourself.

    You still writing a Nazi idealism paragraph.

  • You are not in position to help them.

    If you want to help them, mind your own business.

    All you wanted to do is create a concentration camp for autistic people Nazi.

  • How dare you! We are not dangerous at all! How do you presume this!

  • hey i have a better idea..put assholes like you on an island,then all of you idiots can fight to prove who is the biggest idiot!!better yet it could be like the survivor series..and it would be aired on tv in the form of comedy!!

  • O'rly! We'd have an Asspie dominated world where no one would do shit except for their special talent and raping people.

  • Unacceptable.

  • SOO..Tanjakoch!!!!

    Are u the long lost grandchild of hitler???

  • Wasn't Einstein Autistic? I had heard that

    he may have had both autism and Tourettes and the same time.

  • Einstein had Asperger's Syndrome.

  • The school is far behind and you have to place the blame on the wrong group. You should have carefully blame the politician.

    I serve no one but myself and I have to be control by some tongue swaying politician? I got marketing and public speaking skill to know that these president candidate do nothing but to say something to get a votes from the people.

    By voting, you giving your power to those candidate that you place into office.

  • I live in the UK and have a 6 year autistic little boy. This employer is an example to others that people like Jonathan do have future. 0 days off and I bet no errors either. I am an ex solder who has served in several conflict zones and this story brought me to tears. As for TanjaKock comments they are pitiful, closed minded and uneducated. Non of my regiment would thing the way you do. We are supposed to be the strong who protect the week no matter what the cost. Hes a wannabe &not worthy.

  • It's Koch you idot. Anyway, I'm not closed minded; I was open minded to learn about Autistic people. Autistic people cost large amounts of money from the people and from the government without contributing anything back. Think about all the poor people who are suffering because they do not make enough money from their jobs. Which is worse; doing away with a usless Autistic person, or not giving a poor 15 year old normal girl what she needs to be able to have a good life and conribute more?

  • @TanjaKoch most of us are ok i am trained in childcare but people wont employ you as you are an insurance risk.rapest pedoes and pims get better treatment and cost far more to the state about 700.00 pounds per week in the uk we get about 97.00 pounds in benifits 1 seventh of a convicted killer..thought i would put my voice on the record jeff aspie uk radio ham teacher and volunteer church worker....

  • @24707800 your right i am 48 aspie i am vice chair of the local ham radio club and repare all there gear all in less 4 months of being a ham radio operator.as for being aspie i dont see it as a problem i just cope the best i can its the foul temper i have thats the problem,like nts calling puff or pedo..i dont have a sex drive alot of us aspies dont its hate crime that all,,i justs whack the bastereds with my walking stick and tell them to piss off jeff

  • Ngiyasicela umuntu

    Yo quiero para estar humano

    Alle my want is sal mense

    All I want is to be human

    and now I know how we are treated

    I guess twenty years in Cape Town and everybody will treat me differently

  • sorry that guys just made me so mad i saw red and just wrote.

  • listen you pathtic excuse of a human being. my son has autsm and i would rather have the whole made up ;of autisc people than one of you polluting the planet. so why dont you get off it.

  • you are an idoit. Why don't you grow up and be an adult. You will always be an ignorant person. Ignorance and prejuidce and people like you are what makes the world a horrible place.

  • TanjaKoch, you are the reason and inspiration for me proving my autistic ability.

    I don't care about Africa but our US country. You don't have foriegn and economic skill, I do and I believe that America is a family of a family. America need to help themselve.

    Having said that, you are an idiot. Because I got better skill than you. You what sit down on the couch, drink in front of TV. Yeah that right! You are being intellectually productive while autistic people can be book worm.

  • Seriously, check your grammer. I know basicly what you're trying to say, and you're not making a good impression of people with Autism. You don't care about any country but your own, that's selfish, but I guess it's ok since it's not perfect and has its own problems. America still needs money to solve its own problems and Autistic people waste that money and don't contribute anything back. You don't even know what I do; I spend most of my time with my friends and do more work than you.

  • I don't need to check my grammar, I have bigger thing to work on. I can hire a proofreader if I wanted to.

    I have already made impression by being a jack of all trade. I am a computer technician, business, marketing, and technology person. I learn to do things without taking college.

    Do more work than me? There is is non-autistic college student that is doing no work and studying more. How about attacking them for their unemployment status?

  • Yes. You are right I am selfish.

    Selfish enough to have priority where I serving my country first and outer countries last.

    Family come first, outer countries is the last priority.

    I am willing to take a stand and fight for my independence in my country.

  • Autism is a disability, pretending that they can do things themselve 100% is sadness.

    I don't think that you should comment at all if not living in US. You live in Germany right?

  • Don't even guess how much it cost for body armor because the information is privated.

    You know nothing. Get off the computer and quit bugging the autistic community.

  • I hate it when my comment aren't organize properly.

    I like to help autistic people.

  • I'm assuming it costs $1000 which is very high. You still can't deny that many soldiers of many diffrent countries would still be alive if their country didn't have Autistic people.

  • Curse you, TanjaKoch, for echoing the cries of the Nazis in their propaganda for project T4.

    If you have never heard of project T4, educate yourself on it.

    In fact, everyone who reads this should educate themselves about T4. Then you will all know that TanjaKoch's arguments are identical to those of the Nazis this country fought so hard against.

  • Way to go to the man who hired Jonathan; the alternative is staying home or going to a sheltered workshop, where people w/ disabilities are neither seen nor heard by anyone in the community.

  • We people with disablities need education so we can get better jobs .I rather be educated than work for low paying job like a slave.

    Sounds like presonal slave with disableities

  • I quite agree education is the key

    Mistyeyes

  • I saw an article on autism so I had to do a u-tube search again. Why are people who call others autistic the weirdest fking people?

  • my son hads autism and im proud of him and his name is jonathan also is 3 y/o and i love him to death no matter what

  • you are an idiot.

  • This gives me hope for my son to one day fit in somewhere & have a job like anyone else!

    Thanks for displaying ur video here.

  • sounds to me like you are the ignorant hillbilly. Grow up.

  • This is a nice presentation of how people with Autism can be functional in a community setting. I hope more of this will continue with work study programs. With 1 in 165 kids with Autism the need will be great. Nice clip!!

  • FABULOUS! I am a job coach and instructional aide and enjoy working with students of various challenges. I especially love working with individuals with autism. What a wonderful employer and support for this young man. Once we all learn about autism, we learn that we are not all that different. We experience the same things, but to a lesser extent. I cherish my friendships with individuals with autism. Check out my YouTube at A Is for Autism, F is for Friend. GREAT JOB!

  • Outstanding! Go Jonathan!

  • I know this dude with autism and all he does is get drunk everyday lol...I should tell him about this video I guess.

  • Looks like he gets up for work, while ur wasting away for a job.

  • I grew up with autism in a town full of everyone who hates me for it rite now my empoyer is mistreating me calling me a retard and thats all i have left to lose. In the mean wile tell that guy on big brother he better watch his back because if i find him hes going to be toothless.

  • that reporter looks a lil bit like the blond version of sharon dorothy

  • Great video. Very well done. I only wish Johnathan would have been interviewed to hear what he had to say about being employed.

  • great video, very encouraging, and going into the Posautive Youtube group and its adults and sense subgroups - thank you! I'm sorry not to have spotted it sooner, I get a bit overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of videos about autism which are uploaded daily!

  • Troys Amazing Unviverse also says embrace autism

  • Great Video! I always appreciate things like this on here...there are so many advertisement like things saying "cure autism"...but never "embrace autism".But this movie said it!

  • bashing on da disabled ain't funny priqarto, its just low

  • thankyou

  • (I'm using my daughter's account) My son who is 17 and has autism is entering the workforce slowly through Easter Seals. I am continuing to look for funds for a personal job coach for him. This was a very informative video. Thanks for posting it!

  • I worked through Easter Seals/GoodWill for about 3 yeears as part of a school program, they're Awesome people.

  • Thank you so much for sharing this video of Johnathan, very inspiring. My son is 9 and this gives me so much hope for the future.

  • The job coaches in TX suck. They told me not to make more than $7.00 hr and stay on welfare. assholes. That is why agencies don't like me. I give it to them straight.

  • Excellent video, it gives me lots of hope for my 10 year old boy James and his future,

  • Mike is an angel sent from God. This gives me hope for my 3 year-old with autism. Thanks for sharing this!

  • lovely video. Those unable to find or hold autism friendly employment, come visit us at auties-dot-org which is a free self employment site for people on the spectrum and consider what you can do to build skills, connections or pathways to your own autism friendly self employment possibilities.

    ... Donna Williams

  • I can relate to this dude.

  • i didn't lose interest. i liked seeing this vid. huge inspiration! loved it

  • I was born in Grosse Pointe MI.

  • This is a great example of love what this man is offering to this boy ,you ,who think this is boring video , your a great idiot

  • I applaude you for hiring socially challenged people!

    May you be blessed in all you do

  • at 1min 40secs I lost interest... L2NotMakeBoringVideos

  • You are an idiot, go and watch lost or something. To the people who made this BRAVO,

  • Ya its a video for autism man were you expecting

    action or something other than autism...L2READ the title

  • such an inspiration,thanks for telling us your brothers story

  • Great Story!

  • I'm 19 and have high functioning autism and this gives me hope. I'm actually going to be a history/math teacher so this encourages me to keep going for my goal. Thanks.