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What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

by Kristina Chew, PhD on March 12th, 2007

My son Charlie has yet to answer this question but here are some possibilities: Construction; post office workerl; auto tech.

These are some of the jobs that 17-year old Brian Colletto is learning about via a job shadowing program, Community Education Services. The 15-year old program within Cerebral Palsy of New Jersey helps students with disabilities transition to the work force. Colletto has autism and, in an article in today’s Home-News Tribune (NJ), he notes: “‘I’ll see if I like it. And then based on how much money I save over the years, if I decide I don’t like it anymore I might go back to school.’”

Charlie will be ten years old in two months and, before I know it, 17 years old, and I hope these job possibilities and more are open to him when he is older and ready to work.

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