WEBVTT 00:00:00.005 --> 00:00:01.261 [Adeo Sini is using a communication device 00:00:01.261 --> 00:00:02.547 to talk throughout this video.] 00:00:02.547 --> 00:00:03.881 Hello. My name is Adeo Sini. 00:00:03.881 --> 00:00:05.156 I was born in a village 00:00:05.156 --> 00:00:07.295 in Okara City, Pakistan. 00:00:07.295 --> 00:00:10.132 I go to a Queens HHRC worksite 00:00:10.132 --> 00:00:11.674 two days a week. 00:00:11.674 --> 00:00:14.110 I leave the house at 7:45. 00:00:14.110 --> 00:00:15.854 I walk to work at the department store 00:00:15.854 --> 00:00:19.464 close to my house. 00:00:19.464 --> 00:00:20.802 I've been working at the store 00:00:20.802 --> 00:00:23.508 for two months. 00:00:23.508 --> 00:00:24.879 My job is to make sure 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:26.649 clothes are in the correct area 00:00:26.649 --> 00:00:27.787 and neatly arranged when 00:00:27.787 --> 00:00:33.307 customers come to shop. 00:00:33.307 --> 00:00:34.879 My communication device 00:00:34.879 --> 00:00:37.053 helps me talk to my coworkers and 00:00:37.053 --> 00:00:40.495 ask questions. 00:00:40.525 --> 00:00:42.541 These clothes are in the wrong section. 00:00:42.587 --> 00:00:44.663 [coworker] Oh, in the wrong section, 00:00:44.847 --> 00:00:46.928 okay. 00:00:46.928 --> 00:00:48.458 [coworker] So let's get them out of the wrong section. 00:00:48.458 --> 00:00:49.927 [AS] Where should I leave the clothes 00:00:49.927 --> 00:00:51.261 that are to be put back on 00:00:51.261 --> 00:00:51.860 the floor? 00:00:51.860 --> 00:00:54.305 [coworker] Now you'll have to put 00:00:54.305 --> 00:00:55.075 them on the rack. 00:00:55.075 --> 00:00:57.151 You can put them. 00:01:00.535 --> 00:01:07.256 [AS] I use my devise to ask my job coach about my schedule. 00:01:07.349 --> 00:01:12.596 What is the next day that I work? 00:01:12.596 --> 00:01:14.896 [job coach] The next day that you work 00:01:14.896 --> 00:01:17.171 is on the schedule. Look by the name 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:22.810 and it looks like you're working Thursday, 8 to 12. 00:01:22.810 --> 00:01:25.166 [AS] Most importantly ask for my 00:01:25.166 --> 00:01:27.312 pay check. 00:01:27.312 --> 00:01:29.512 I have been using my communication 00:01:29.512 --> 00:01:30.782 device for about a year. 00:01:30.782 --> 00:01:32.419 I have learned how to program 00:01:32.419 --> 00:01:34.096 in words and phrases on my own. 00:01:34.096 --> 00:01:36.812 In fact, I have talk to my HHC vocational 00:01:36.812 --> 00:01:42.688 supervisor right now. 00:01:42.688 --> 00:01:46.262 [supervisor] Hi Adeo. 00:01:46.262 --> 00:01:49.062 [AS] What goes in the section. 00:01:49.062 --> 00:01:51.017 [supervisor] Oh, the job you are doing 00:01:51.017 --> 00:01:53.992 today is one -you remember- two one. 00:01:53.992 --> 00:01:59.940 [AS] One two two one. 00:01:59.940 --> 00:02:02.515 okay. 00:02:02.515 --> 00:02:04.159 [AS in own voice] Thank you. 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:05.997 [supervisor] You're welcome. 00:02:05.997 --> 00:02:07.733 [AS] I like coming to HHC and going 00:02:07.733 --> 00:02:09.105 to work. 00:02:09.105 --> 00:02:10.677 My communication device helps 00:02:10.677 --> 00:02:12.715 me a lot everywhere I go. 00:02:12.715 --> 00:02:14.753 I am able to do this with 00:02:14.753 --> 00:02:16.561 the aid of my communication device. 00:02:16.561 --> 00:02:19.001 My family and I remain 00:02:19.001 --> 00:02:21.345 deeply rooted in tradition 00:02:21.345 --> 00:02:23.653 and have found a community 00:02:23.653 --> 00:02:25.922 that brings that connects 00:02:25.922 --> 00:02:27.498 me to home. 00:02:27.498 --> 00:02:29.702 My plan is to go to Mecca and from there 00:02:29.702 --> 00:02:32.076 I can go anywhere. 00:02:32.076 --> 00:02:36.076 The ambition of a working man.