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title: Dare to Ask | Finding work with autism | Castle
description: In our first Dare to Ask video, we get to know Ike Facey a driven young man who lives with autism and cerebral palsy left side hemiplegia.
image: https://news.castle.org.au/hubfs/ike-facey-blog-3.jpg
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# Dare to Ask | Finding work with autism

 In our first Dare to Ask video, we get to know Ike Facey a driven young man who lives with autism and cerebral palsy left side hemiplegia.

 

> There's always a place for everyone. It took me a bit, but I did find my place. I feel I belong. 

 

**Full episode transcripts here:**

 

**Ike Facey:** I am looking directly at camera. I usually... cause of my autism, I don't look at people when I'm talking. My name's Ike Facey, I'm 21. I work for [Lovells Suspension Systems](https://www.lovellsauto.com.au/) and I've been there for, I'd say over 10 months now.

 

**Interviewer:** Did you say you have autism?

 

**Ike Facey:** Yes, autism and cerebral palsy left side hemiplegia. So my right and left arm doesn't have a much muscle as the right does.

 

**Interviewer:** Does that makes it hard to do interviews like this?

 

**Ike Facey:**  It's hard to focus on something when you've got something distracting you. I'd say that's just all part of it, but we're here. We're doing this commercial.

 

**Interviewer:** Do you get sensory overload?

 

**Ike Facey:** Yeah. I don't like crowds, but I can handle V8, rotaries all those loud engine noises, 'cause it's soothing to me. But I can't handle large crowds and just noises that you see in day-to-day life. I don't feel comfortable.

 

**Interviewer:** Does that mean job interviews are hard?

 

**Ike Facey:** Yeah. Well nerve wracking. One of them I was like, oh I can't do this. Sorry guys I'm out. Anxiety got there. I really get overwhelmed and the pressure just gets to me but then sometimes you learn from the interviews that you fail at to go into the next interview to go. I can be better than that.

 

**Interviewer:** Did you feel supported by Castle?

 

**Ike Facey:** Of course, they do not give up on you. They all adapt to the situation and make everything easy.

 

**Interviewer:** Were you worried about anything once you did get hired?

 

**Ike Facey:** Not being fast enough and not being as able-body and being on time. And just try on to do stuff as same as someone that's got able body.

 

**Interviewer:** And how do you overcome those sort of challenges?

 

**Ike Facey:** I ignore it. I do just to the best I can. The boss is happy. We good.

 

**Interviewer:** What does having a job give you?

 

**Ike Facey:** Money. Like everything. Keeping me on the road with my motorbikes. Saving up for cars and stuff I guess and feeding my cat, cat Jerry. Good cat.

 

**Interviewer:** What would you say to employers that are unsure about hiring someone with disability?

 

**Ike Facey:** Give us a chance, really, I would say. Give people like us more of a chance. It will make your workplace a lot more brighter. Just give us a chance. It's not hard. It's easy to do. Stop discriminating. Get us in there.

 

**Interviewer:** What's your message for other people who might need support?

 

**Ike Facey:** There's always hope. There's someone out there that will help you. There's always a place for everyone. It took me a bit, but I did find my place. I feel I belong. I feel I belong in this city. I belong in my job. I belong in this whole community.

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