Chris's Mainstreaming

[GFYS]

Marvin, I have to solicit more info about your perspective here. Yes, any employer who does a BG check on him (particularly one that uses a basic Google search) would reject him outright, but what other barriers do you foresee to Fatty getting a job stocking shelves or scrubbing toilets or doing some other menial task?

One of my clients regularly employs people whose background checks prevent them from taking jobs elsewhere. Ignoring a criminal record or social deviancy, the next biggest factor is "how much supervision and adaptive aids will they require?" With a lot of their hires, the cost in supervision generally matches their productivity. Most quarters it's a wash, and occasionally it's a small loss which they write off. But that's their expectation, since this is part of a charitable initiative, which doesn't interfere with their core business. From their position, I can see them taking on Chris as a new hire. But, I suspect they would quickly find that Chris requires almost constant supervision because of his inattentiveness, unwillingness to work when not directly supervised, frailty, and other cognitive failings. He'd eventually cross a line where he's too much of a burden, and would be let go. Beyond RARE charitable organizations, whose only goal is to keep such people occupied solely for the sake of keeping them occupied (sounds a lot like prison work programs), Chris - as he stands today - really does seem unemployable. The only other rare instance would be someone who'd take him on as a pet project.

Regarding keeping Chris busy with chores... Somehow I suspect Bob gave up on Chris, when Chris had proven he can't do ANYTHING right. I'd be willing to bet any chore Chris did, he did poorly - probably to the point that it took more work to fix what Chris had screwed up, than if Bob had just done the job right himself. I also wouldn't be surprised if Bob was getting backlash from Chris - perhaps even Wendy's - every time Chris came home from a long day of fucking up. It may not seem ethical, but if I had such a burden - especially at an age where I just want to lay down a die in my sleep - I'd want to bury him in a pile of toys too... Sort of like that episode of Gilligan's Island when Skipper buried Gilligan in the sand, and let the tide consume him.

TL;DR - Whenever people realize he's a bigger burden/liability, they'll get rid of him.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

One of my clients regularly employs people whose background checks prevent them from taking jobs elsewhere.

Yeah, there are employers who take people with disabilities and who otherwise can't get jobs elsewhere. Hell, the ticket taker whenever I go see a movie is way less functioning than Chris.

 

[Atsimu]

Ironically I went on to marry a math teacher.

I thought you and JustinWB got married?

 

[MysticMisty]

One of my clients regularly employs people whose background checks prevent them from taking jobs elsewhere.

Yeah, there are employers who take people with disabilities and who otherwise can't get jobs elsewhere. Hell, the ticket taker whenever I go see a movie is way less functioning than Chris.

There's a group in my city with the sole purpose being to get jobs for local disabled people. For the barely functioning people this means an extremely simple job that you wouldn't be able to pay a normal person to do (the sorting glass video comes to mind). If Charlottesville has a similar program, they could get Chris a job if he went to their office and proved he was disabled.

Except Chris doesn't want to work. We know very little about the only real job Chris had working at Wendy's (not going to count Cutco since it was basically a scam), but the few details Chris has told us say a lot. We know that he wasn't very hygienic, that he only did things if someone gave a direct order, and of course the Donald Duck impersonation incident. The first two indicate that Chris did not give a shit about working and working properly, while the third one just means that he's an idiot since the manager told him not to do the impersonation (evidently Chris scared more than one person with it working at Wendy's).

 

[Long Sun]

Your thinking of ARC mayber
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[The Dude]

Ironically I went on to marry a math teacher.

I thought you and JustinWB got married?

Oh boy, an ARFCOMer!

 

[CalmMyTits]

Your thinking of ARC mayber
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No way in hell Chris would do this, as it would expose him to other slow in the minds. AKA portals to hell.

 

[Yawning Bulbasaur]

Ironically I went on to marry a math teacher.

I thought you and JustinWB got married?

You mean JustinRPG? No, he's married to Reshiram and won't shut the fuck up about it.

 

[DykesDykesChina]

I like to think that Chris could drive a delivery van around town as a job. He seems to enjoy driving and obviously can read maps and navigate (see Ohio trip). Chris could drive a van or small truck from A to B and deliver stuff (food, newspapers, computers, whatever). This would not require much human interaction, and he might even enjoy it, he could pretend the van is a transformer or something.

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

In the Yuku forum someone thought Chris could work at a warehouse that uses scooters to get around. I used to work in a warehouse, and while it is boring, as long as Chris works in a well-lit, well-organized warehouse and doesn't have to pick up anything that weighs a grand number of pounds, he could do it at least part-time, maybe full-time once he gets used to it.

I started a thread about Chris and jobs a few weeks ago, and, if he had the best case scenario, a lot of people think he could get a simple job if he really wanted to.

But of course, he would have to want to get off his duff and get a job. That isn't happening.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

I like to think that Chris could drive a delivery van around town as a job. He seems to enjoy driving and obviously can read maps and navigate (see Ohio trip). Chris could drive a van or small truck from A to B and deliver stuff (food, newspapers, computers, whatever). This would not require much human interaction, and he might even enjoy it, he could pretend the van is a transformer or something.

So long as the delivery route doesn't include any of the numerous places from which he is banned.

 

[Tubular Monkey]

I like to think that Chris could drive a delivery van around town as a job. He seems to enjoy driving and obviously can read maps and navigate (see Ohio trip). Chris could drive a van or small truck from A to B and deliver stuff (food, newspapers, computers, whatever). This would not require much human interaction, and he might even enjoy it, he could pretend the van is a transformer or something.

So long as the delivery route doesn't include any of the numerous places from which he is banned.

"Listen up, Chandler, I gotta truck full of Eye of Judgement trading cards I gotta get to the Game Place. Snyder's on my ass about this, and you're the only homophobic lackwit I trust."

 

[Atsimu]

I like to think that Chris could drive a delivery van around town as a job. He seems to enjoy driving and obviously can read maps and navigate (see Ohio trip). Chris could drive a van or small truck from A to B and deliver stuff (food, newspapers, computers, whatever). This would not require much human interaction, and he might even enjoy it, he could pretend the van is a transformer or something.

So long as the delivery route doesn't include any of the numerous places from which he is banned.

"Listen up, Chandler, I gotta truck full of Eye of Judgement trading cards I gotta get to the Game Place. Snyder's on my ass about this, and you're the only homophobic lackwit I trust."

I can picture him hurriedly kicking a box of collectibles out of the van then squealing the tires in an effort to get away as fast as he can, while nervously looking around for any nearby Jerkops.

 

[Anchuent Christory]

I think others have already expressed my opinion on this subject, but here's my two cents.

First of all, Chris is capable of work, however he is simultaniously unemployable. It's also probably far too late to rectify this without either taking a needlessly brutal approach, or dedicating an inordinate amount of resources to the task.

As for his mainstreaming, putting him through "normal" school was completely pointless when every day he came home to the institution of idiocy that was the Chandler household. The wellspring of Chris' fail has always been his parents. Take an already damaged (autistic) child, add Borbs unique brand of parenting and you end up with Christian Weston Chandler.

Now the real question is, if Chris had a proper upbringing would the question of removing him from school and placing him in an institution even have been raised? I don't think so. He would have been a fairly odd and slow child, but I'd be willing to bet that we all went to school with kids like this and they ended up turning out ok.

 

[mlwalsh]

Various videos have shown that Chris is a strong proponent of mainstreaming. Even with his autism he managed to graduate high school and community college. I'm sure most of us know regular people who weren't able to do either of those things.

Chris-chan should not have graduated from community college or been given any kind of a certificate.

 

[Hyperion]

a needlessly brutal approach

But thats the best kind of approach!

 

[PolterBob]

Question: How exactly did the Chesterfield County school system, as theorized, come to regard Chris as a hot potato? Did Bob go straight away to their offices and say "mah boy has autism, 'cept when he doesn't, so watch it or I'll sue ya?"

I would be surprised if it didn't happen that way.

 

[sparklemilhouse]

Various videos have shown that Chris is a strong proponent of mainstreaming. Even with his autism he managed to graduate high school and community college. I'm sure most of us know regular people who weren't able to do either of those things.

Our Pet Lolcow should not have graduated from community college or been given any kind of a certificate.

I went to and worked at a CC, and I concur. Dude should've been expelled.

 

[xlk]

he could pretend the van is a transformer or something.

I haven't laughed this hard in a while. I can just imagine him making noises and every time he stops he pretends that the van is transforming to fight a monster. Seriously though, I do think Chris would fair fine as a UPS driver. The salary is livable, he'd do alright economically if he combines his paycheck with his Tugboat, they reward you for working smart, and the hardest part of the job is scanning a package, typing in a code, and occasionally having somebody sign for something.

 

[Long Sun]

Its get to be more then liveable and would soon replace his tugboat
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But with the wash out rate Chris wouldn't last a week