Ian – Interview 13b  

Ian – Interview 13b

Age at Interview: 22
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 8
Background: Ian is 22 years old. He is single and is a student. Ethnic background/nationality: English.

Brief outline:Ian is 22 and was diagnosed with autism with he was 8 years old. He is currently doing a vocational waiting at table course and is interested in palaeontology and film making.

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Ian’s first college was a “disaster” as it was a special course where the students were “treated like kids”. He is now at a mainstream college studying catering.

 



And then I went to [college name] which was a whole disaster really [laugh]. Because we went to a special course where they treated us all like kids really which wasn’t really… because they had like a severe … and also our type of disability as well, which, and they all treated all like severe which was, that’s why I moved to [town name] and all that, and I’ve got, had a better course and I’ve done really well. I’m on a, I’m on a mainstream course now. Did catering last year and now I’m, service skills, waiting skills, which is going to be quite good. I’m looking forward to it actually in September.

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