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This programme contains strong language.

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-Tell me about your last job.

-Ooh! My last job was customer-based.

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-Nipple-clipple.

-I have a first-class honours degree.

-Why have you not got a job?

-You tell me.

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I want a job because it's about feeling like

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part of the solution rather than part of the problem.

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Employers say they welcome disabled applicants.

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But a million want to work,

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and many have found the job hunt impossible.

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What does it mean to have a job?

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You achieve self-actualisation,

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which is demonstrated in Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs.

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In this series,

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disabled job-seekers are coming together from all across the UK.

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I have applied for 3,000 jobs.

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Not even a thank you.

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Can somebody give me a hand with the door on this side?

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How are you doing?

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Psychologist Nancy Doyle will help the group

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realise their potential, in a unique training centre.

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Full-scale IQ, 141.

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Wow, borderline genius, essentially.

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That's correct.

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-Above average?

-Way above average.

-Me?

-Yes, you.

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I've never been described as above average in anything!

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Having a disability is not a barrier to employment.

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Having discovered their skills,

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they'll try to break into the job market.

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Ten.

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-Ah!

-Fab, fantastic.

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I didn't want anybody to think that I wasn't capable of doing a job.

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Oh!

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It's times like this I do doubt my employability.

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-It's called, um...

-HE WHISTLES

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Fishy fanny. It's not called that.

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I don't mind working hard. Bring it on.

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Could their differences finally be seen as a strength?

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All I need is one person to see past the fact that I can't.

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There's sparks of brilliance in what you've done.

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The train is approaching, get on board.

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Yeee!

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I scare you when I do that, don't I?

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I'm going to miss you.

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I am.

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Turtle soup!

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Go and eat your lettuce.

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Fry him up for dinner!

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-Don't worry about a thing.

-Turtle soup!

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22-year-old Ryan is heading for London.

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The adventure awaits. Aw!

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There's a lot of disabled people out there that do want to work.

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There should be no reason why an employer

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should not give anyone a job.

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If they can accommodate disabled public to come into their shops,

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then they can accommodate for a disabled employee.

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Take care. Text us when you get there later, yeah?

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-Yeah, don't worry, I will.

-All right, see you later.

-OK.

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52-year-old Andy will be joining him at the training centre.

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I'm a very proud person.

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I don't like being told that I'm useless.

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How does that make you feel?

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Pissed off.

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What more can I say than that? Pissed off.

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Andy and Ryan will be part of a unique group of job-seekers.

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Despite their skills,

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they have thousands of failed job applications between them.

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It's about being seen as just a member of society,

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-and not a disability.

-Hi.

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Employers see the wheelchair first,

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and me and my abilities second.

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I want to push myself, but I'm being held back.

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The jobcentre is the brainchild of psychologist Nancy Doyle -

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a pioneer in helping mixed disability groups find work.

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It frustrates me, this narrative that all

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we need to do to get a job is change ourselves,

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and sometimes that's not true,

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sometimes, actually, the employers aren't playing ball.

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The world is going to end!

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She'll be bringing some of the country's top employment

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experts together, to help the job-seekers.

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Blind man walking a deaf dog.

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-I'm Ryan.

-Yeah, nice to meet you.

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-Uh, what's your name?

-Kerie is my name. Kerie. Woo!

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Um, if I say anything, I don't mean it, I do have Tourette's.

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-That's all right.

-So don't take anything I say too personally!

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That's OK!

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-Hi! Hello!

-Hi there!

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Ooh!

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All the bone in my wrist was destroyed and turned into gravel,

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and it severed all the tendons in the back of my hand.

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Nancy's hoping that the group will learn from each other,

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through the challenges ahead.

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So, who knows that they'd like to start?

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My name's Andy.

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I have absolutely no idea what I want to do.

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None at all.

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Why do you want a job?

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It's no good sitting at home, doing nothing.

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I mean, I'm a good, solid worker - before the stroke.

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A good, solid worker after the stroke,

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but I'm not getting the opportunity.

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Never.

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And I am trying so hard

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to get a job, to show that I'm needed.

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Basically, yeah.

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Andy was once the managing director

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of a successful superbike business.

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Come on!

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I've tried everything to get a job,

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everything you can think of,

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marketing to manager

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to cleaner.

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I'll go for anything that comes up.

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I just want something as a job.

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You know Dad's picking you up at 3.35 this afternoon?

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He used to be the main breadwinner in the family.

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But now Andy's a househusband, looking after his two teenage sons

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whilst his wife, Donna, goes out to work.

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Work before the stroke was extremely important.

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I was thinking about it every day - even Christmas.

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It meant such a lot to me.

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It really did.

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And then the stroke,

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and that was it, you know.

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Ellie, look. Ellie, look.

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Andy's life turned upside down in 2011,

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after an operation on his neck.

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I've got a little lump here, tiny little thing, about that big.

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Um...

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And that small, little bit of tumour

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turned into a big bit of tumour,

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which led to me having a stroke.

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The next ten days...

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..was,

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"Will I survive or will I won't?"

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Mum had a phone call,

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the doctors told her he has, like,

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three days to live.

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He couldn't speak. He was just kind of clinging on, I guess.

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That was quite hard to see.

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And then he decided not to die.

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And then the doctors are like, "Oh, he'll never walk, never speak."

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And then he started speaking, and then it just got from that point

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to this point here, I guess.

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Andy lived life at 150mph, but unfortunately he had

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a stroke, which then made his 150mph life

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grind to a halt.

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Who came here to go slower today?

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Andy used to run a motorbike school

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with a million-pound turnover.

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He ran training for MotoGP,

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and was a respected motorbike journalist.

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You want about a fist's distance between the back of the tank

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and your wedding tackle.

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I think that's the politest way I can put that!

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Here's me, with a visor up, here's Rossi with the visor down.

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If you could have a chat with him at that age, what would you say to him?

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Don't give up. Whatever you do, don't give up.

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Simple as that.

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Ow!

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Peas in a pod.

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Mayonnaise!

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Oo-woo!

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Knobhead!

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Organic cucumber!

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I want a job because I don't want to be sitting around on my

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fat arse, playing with meself.

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No, oh, Jesus, shut up.

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-"Decorators wanted."

-No, you can't do that.

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Yeah, straight away.

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A year ago, Ryan was working in a pound shop...

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Woof, woof.

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..but he had to quit his job

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when he was diagnosed with severe Tourette's syndrome.

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You can't be a support worker, some of the things you come out with.

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-Fucking old nonces! Get in your grave!

-Yeah.

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You can call me names, but you can't call other people names.

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Since then, his mum, Nikki, has been helping him

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try to get back into work.

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There you go, hairdresser.

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Chop your knob off! Mrs Knobdresser.

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-See, all those sorts of things.

-Yeah.

-You do make me laugh.

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Woof!

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Gardening. You'd be the only one.

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You're on your own, you're your own person.

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You're not stupid, you went to uni for a little while,

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-so it's not like you haven't got it up there.

-Mm.

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You've got to use what you've got,

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-because there ain't nothing in here for you.

-Yeah.

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It's all right. Hmm.

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I don't do well in crying situations.

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Crybaby!

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-It's just hard. Because you go through...

-Dry your eyes, mate!

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..you go through so much.

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Do you want a tissue for your issues?

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-SHE CHUCKLES

-Shut up!

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There's not actually a lot that you can do out there.

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-No.

-None of them.

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Treacle!

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There you go, you could be a paper shredder.

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Yay! Let's get cooking!

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Woo!

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I'm cutting up a human's heart, cannibalistic me.

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-Korma or tikka masala, Ryan?

-Korma.

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Ryan lives with his boyfriend, Charlie,

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in a studio flat in Berkshire.

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Fuck off, let's do pancakes!

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His doctors believe he has one of the most severe

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cases of Tourette's in the country.

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Skin the cats and use them as pelts.

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Charlie, that's gone in the turtle tank.

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-It's cool.

-We cannot have that.

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For years, they thought Ryan's behaviour was psychosomatic.

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I had...brain scans, blood tests.

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Um, they believed I had strep throat

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when I was younger, which could have caused my Tourette's.

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I don't think anybody wants to be taken in a room,

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and say, "This is what's wrong with you."

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Mother Nature or whatever's happening has gone,

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"There's your abnormality, there's your difference.

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"You're going to stand out from everyone."

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So, I was kind of like, "How am I going to deal with it?"

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Ooh! Baseball bat to the head.

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This is what I mean, I try and do normal things with my life

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and I can't.

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It's all cool.

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-Thank you for that.

-Sorry.

-Salmonella.

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I'll wash up, and then we'll do that.

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You see that button that says "Don't push"?

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But you have that urge to push.

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I can stop it but it hurts to stop it,

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so my brain goes, "No, we're going to do it."

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Shout out random noises!

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Surf and turf!

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-You can still use it.

-No.

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An estimated 300,000 people have Tourette's in the UK.

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Despite being on medication,

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Ryan's tic attacks are at the extreme end of the condition.

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I wonder if my tics are too bad for me to work,

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because there are days where I cannot leave the house.

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But do I want to work?

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Yes, I do want to work.

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Fuck!

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Getting back into the workplace for Ryan would mean the absolute world.

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The only want that he has is going to work.

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And it hurts me seeing someone that you're in love with

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going through that battle, every day.

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It's the first day of Ryan and Andy's group training.

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-Does that mean you only have one hand?

-One hand, yeah.

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How do you do everything?

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Most people would think that about probably all of us in here, right?

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At 11am, Nancy starts off by lifting the lid on the hidden

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world of secret job opportunities.

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Most people who are looking for work don't know this:

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70% of the jobs available at any one time aren't advertised.

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What I want to do for you is give you the ways to access

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the hidden job market, when the competition doesn't exist.

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For the next two hours,

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the candidates have one-on-one interviews with recruitment experts.

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Should I disclose that I'm in a wheelchair?

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I wouldn't put it on your CV.

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A lot of employers out there still are prejudiced towards disability.

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What's your current approach to finding a job?

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Five, six applications, every day for a year.

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Everything from managing director all the way through to a cleaner.

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You come from being a managing director of a very successful

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business, and you've got yourself to the position where

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-you're applying for cleaner roles.

-Well...

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How does this happen?

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Because a cleaner is something.

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Ryan has never met people with such a broad range of disabilities.

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My tics are observational, so I'm trying to not

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pick up on people's things.

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There's a lot of Lord Of The Rings going through my head,

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Legolas and all that lot.

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By the afternoon,

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he's finding it increasingly difficult to control his tics.

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-Hello, Ryan, I'm Jane.

-You all right? Where's your Tarzan? Hi!

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-Now, I have to stand because I have a dodgy spine.

-OK!

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So you can sit or stand or do whatever you prefer.

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Ryan hopes that one day he might find a job working with animals.

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I have quite an extensive knowledge on sort of, like, turtles,

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so I wouldn't mind being somebody that rescues them.

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That's my dream, anyway, setting up a turtle sanctuary, like a charity.

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The thing about your particular condition is that you can't

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-blend into the background...

-No.

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..anonymously. You're going to be noticed and remembered.

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Which isn't always a bad thing.

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So it's not just about, "Hey, I've all these skills,

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"and I'm sorry but I've also got Tourette's."

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-You can use that as a sales point.

-An advantage, yeah.

-Yeah.

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HE WHISTLES

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Thank you. Bye! I hope you find Tarzan!

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To prove to the group that it's possible to find a job,

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even with an extreme disability,

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Nancy has invited a special guest to come for the afternoon.

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We're going to have a talk from a chap called Tom.

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Thomas the Tank Engine!

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Not Thomas the Tank Engine, sadly.

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THEY LAUGH

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Tom is going to talk about his experience of having a sudden

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disability, and then going through the process of getting

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-back into the workplace.

-KNOCK ON DOOR

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Come on in.

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-Hi!

-Hi!

-I've got Tom and Nic for you.

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-Thank you, Grace.

-That's all right, no worries.

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Nicola is Tom's wife, and has come with him today.

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OK, Tom.

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I was thirty...eight years old.

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Never had a day off sick in my life.

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Nic was pregnant again with our second child,

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and suddenly I fell ill.

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I had what is called sepsis.

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I'd been to the dentist, and got a nick in my gum,

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and within three or four hours,

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I was starting to go into a coma,

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during which time

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I had both of my arms amputated,

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both of my legs were amputated,

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and all of my face from my eyes downwards was stripped off.

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At that point, Nic was actually giving birth to our son, Freddie.

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Ryan has spent almost an hour trying to hold in his tics.

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If I keep my tics in, it hurts,

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it aches. It feels like fire ants.

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Yeah, it's not a nice thing to live with.

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All of you people are excellent,

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top-quality problem solvers, aren't you?

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You wouldn't have survived and got to where

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you are unless you were brilliant at solving your problems.

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Say your head is a can of pop,

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and somebody shakes it.

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You're going to get that pressure build up...

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..until it just... And then that's when everything spurts out.

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And thank you for listening to me.

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APPLAUSE

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Argh!

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Fuck off! Dickhead! Woo!

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HE WHISTLES

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I ate Peppa Pig for breakfast.

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Knobhead!

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Prostitutes on the corner!

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I've got Tourette's, so...it's fine,

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you don't need to watch and stare.

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I'm not having people watching and staring over there.

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Ooh!

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Watching you was amazing, how well you were actually able to

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-hold on to those tics, to be honest.

-The twitches I was doing,

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-I was trying to release a little bit of that urge.

-Yep.

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What I didn't want to do downstairs was that my brain was picking

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-up everything wrong with Tom.

-Yep.

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Not me, I'm not that kind of person,

0:19:050:19:07

but my brain was,

0:19:070:19:09

and that was what was aggravating me so much.

0:19:090:19:13

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

0:19:130:19:14

What he needs in order to avoid pressurised situations

0:19:140:19:18

is to just be upfront with people and not be embarrassed to interrupt

0:19:180:19:21

something at the very beginning and say,

0:19:210:19:23

"By the way, I've got Tourette's, this is what might happen."

0:19:230:19:26

Let's do it. Let's... I'll come down with you.

0:19:260:19:29

Over two days,

0:19:300:19:32

the group practise the skills necessary for the job market.

0:19:320:19:37

Mock interviews...

0:19:370:19:39

What is it that you really look for in a job?

0:19:390:19:42

-Six till six...

-Yup.

0:19:420:19:44

..seven days a week.

0:19:440:19:46

-Right, OK.

-Yes!

0:19:460:19:48

..cold calling...

0:19:480:19:50

-Good morning.

-Before I carry on with my call, I have got Tourette's.

0:19:500:19:53

OK, that's fine, yes.

0:19:530:19:55

..and group feedback.

0:19:550:19:57

He might not see this but other people just instantly like him.

0:19:570:20:02

I'm going to go back home, and take this forward,

0:20:050:20:07

what I've learnt from today.

0:20:070:20:09

Prostitutes not real!

0:20:090:20:11

Um, from this whole experience, that I can do it.

0:20:110:20:16

But after all this training, they must face the outside world,

0:20:180:20:22

and put the lessons learnt into action.

0:20:220:20:25

It is going to be really tough for them.

0:20:250:20:27

When they wake up tomorrow, it's just going to be them,

0:20:270:20:30

at home, with the laptop and the telephone and a long list

0:20:300:20:33

of things to do to get in front of an employer

0:20:330:20:35

and start getting that job.

0:20:350:20:37

Back home in Northamptonshire,

0:20:500:20:52

Andy's acting on Nancy's advice,

0:20:520:20:54

and starting to think about how to sell himself to employers.

0:20:540:20:58

-So, what did you write?

-Well, there is...

0:20:590:21:02

There is business out there, if you like, but they have...

0:21:020:21:06

I...I've forgotten.

0:21:060:21:10

OK. Did you explain that you had aphasia and struggled to speak?

0:21:100:21:13

I'm not doing too bad on this one.

0:21:130:21:16

After his stroke, Andy was paralysed

0:21:190:21:22

and developed aphasia, which affects his speech.

0:21:220:21:26

What were your two main achievements?

0:21:260:21:29

I don't think I have many achievements,

0:21:290:21:32

but everybody else tells me I have.

0:21:320:21:35

You survived a bastard stroke.

0:21:350:21:37

A lot of people wouldn't have achieved that!

0:21:370:21:39

I've been able to walk.

0:21:390:21:41

Yeah, you see, that's an achievement.

0:21:410:21:43

You can talk.

0:21:430:21:45

I can talk. Um...

0:21:450:21:47

-A lot of shit most of the time, but you can talk.

-A lot of shit, yes!

0:21:470:21:51

He had a life-changing thing happen to him,

0:21:520:21:55

and it was shit for him and it was shit for all of us,

0:21:550:21:57

but you can just give up and then go, "Oh, woe is me,"

0:21:570:22:01

or you can actually get on with your life

0:22:010:22:04

and find opportunities out there.

0:22:040:22:06

I think it's purely proving a point, that just

0:22:060:22:10

because you have a disability doesn't mean you can't do things

0:22:100:22:13

that you would be able to do normally.

0:22:130:22:15

As part of the training, Nancy visits the job seekers at home.

0:22:190:22:23

She's concerned the aphasia is undermining Andy's confidence.

0:22:240:22:28

-Hello! Come on in!

-Hi!

0:22:280:22:32

Aphasia is when the part of the brain that's responsible for speech

0:22:320:22:35

and language has been damaged.

0:22:350:22:37

That's in the left hemisphere,

0:22:370:22:39

and if Andy's stroke has affected that area, it means that he

0:22:390:22:43

might have difficulty finding the right word to express what he means.

0:22:430:22:46

It means he might forget words or use the wrong word,

0:22:460:22:49

and that can be really difficult.

0:22:490:22:51

Nancy is assessing Andy to discover

0:22:510:22:53

if his verbal skills are as bad as he fears.

0:22:530:22:57

What is the highest mountain on Earth?

0:22:570:22:59

-Everest.

-What animal group is a frog?

0:22:590:23:02

-Amphibious.

-What distance is a marathon in miles?

0:23:020:23:06

Uh, 2-6, point...

0:23:060:23:08

I think it's 4-0.

0:23:080:23:11

Not quite sure.

0:23:110:23:12

-Yeah, you did well, actually, Andy.

-You think?

-You really did.

0:23:120:23:15

For the verbal scores,

0:23:150:23:17

most people score between 8 and 12, that's

0:23:170:23:21

a good, strong, competent score.

0:23:210:23:23

You've got an 11, which is in the zone,

0:23:230:23:25

and you've got a 12, which is just on the edge of the zone.

0:23:250:23:29

I think generally in a workplace,

0:23:290:23:30

I don't think you should worry about your verbal skills.

0:23:300:23:33

I think you make yourself heard and understood very well.

0:23:330:23:36

That's...encouraging.

0:23:360:23:38

Those skills are still there.

0:23:380:23:40

That's superb.

0:23:430:23:44

Really motivates me to do something

0:23:440:23:48

I can...I love doing,

0:23:480:23:52

but I don't know what it'll be yet.

0:23:520:23:54

From the training centres, and especially with Nancy, I've got

0:24:120:24:15

a lot of confidence.

0:24:150:24:17

That was a real big step for me.

0:24:170:24:19

All I do need is somebody to be able to look at me and say,

0:24:210:24:24

"You've got potential, we're going to give you that chance."

0:24:240:24:27

That's what I'm looking for.

0:24:270:24:28

Come on, kittens!

0:24:300:24:32

Ryan's determined not to let his condition hold him

0:24:340:24:37

back any longer,

0:24:370:24:39

and has decided to focus on a career with animals.

0:24:390:24:42

I'd love to own my own zoo, I think.

0:24:420:24:45

I did have a newt in here, but he's gone.

0:24:460:24:50

What goes through your mind when you're with your animals?

0:24:500:24:53

Peace and tranquillity, and they don't answer back.

0:24:530:24:58

One cricket?

0:24:580:25:00

PHONE RINGING

0:25:030:25:04

He's approached a local aquatic centre

0:25:040:25:07

and has managed to secure an interview for a job trial.

0:25:070:25:11

-ON PHONE:

-Good afternoon.

-Hi, it's Ryan.

0:25:110:25:13

I'm ringing up to confirm the interview tomorrow?

0:25:130:25:16

-Hello, Ryan.

-Ooh!

-Yes. No problem.

0:25:160:25:19

We're looking at one o'clock, if that's OK with you?

0:25:190:25:22

That would be brilliant, thank you.

0:25:220:25:24

-HE WHISTLES

-Fish guts. Sorry.

0:25:240:25:26

-I'll see you then.

-Will do.

-Fucking crab claws!

0:25:260:25:30

-Yeah, I think that went well.

-HE LAUGHS

0:25:300:25:33

Ooh! It's something that I'm really interested in.

0:25:330:25:35

Yes, it is a customer service job, but the only good thing with

0:25:350:25:40

that is, it is something to do with something I've got a

0:25:400:25:42

passion about. If I've got a passion about it, my tics subside.

0:25:420:25:46

So, yeah, I am really excited. It's going to be awesome.

0:25:460:25:50

We're going to cook sushi!

0:25:510:25:55

Ryan's interview is the biggest step he's taken towards work

0:25:550:25:58

since his diagnosis.

0:25:580:26:01

If the aquatics store offered me a job tomorrow,

0:26:010:26:03

I would snap that up in a heartbeat.

0:26:030:26:05

I'm going to prove to myself that I can do it and not

0:26:050:26:09

dwell on the fact that I think everyone is going to think I'm a freak.

0:26:090:26:12

Organic cucumber.

0:26:120:26:14

Ryan wants to feel independent, he wants to feel that he can do it.

0:26:160:26:21

And fair enough, if he can't do it, he can't do it,

0:26:210:26:25

but at least he knows he's tried.

0:26:250:26:27

I do have Tourette's. I'm kind of leaving it into your hands

0:26:340:26:38

if you want to cut and paste between the lines.

0:26:380:26:41

-HE WHISTLES

-Bob the Builder. Not that one.

0:26:410:26:44

So, er, the job. I see you've got a bit of experience in retail already?

0:26:440:26:50

-A good few years ago.

-HE WHISTLES

0:26:500:26:51

And then, full vocal tics, I only got this last March.

0:26:510:26:55

-Right.

-But I have these things called tic attacks.

0:26:550:26:58

They look like epileptic seizures or have you seen the film The Exorcist?

0:26:580:27:01

That's why I had to leave my previous job.

0:27:010:27:03

They didn't really want me on the shop floor.

0:27:030:27:05

Here, I'm kind of hoping my tics sort of subside like they do at home

0:27:050:27:09

when I'm messing around with my turtles and my fish.

0:27:090:27:11

-Hopefully I'll be able to sort of mellow it out.

-Yeah, yeah.

0:27:110:27:15

I mean...is there anything that you...

0:27:150:27:20

you...you're interested in? A bit of a goal for the future?

0:27:200:27:25

I'd like to raise enough money so I can have my own turtle rescue in my back garden.

0:27:250:27:29

He's got the passion. The way he speaks about his fish at home,

0:27:290:27:31

you know, they mean something to him. But the biggest challenge obviously

0:27:310:27:34

is vocal tics and being face-to-face with customers.

0:27:340:27:38

It's always a concern for us because our customers are the most

0:27:380:27:41

important thing for us. It's quite important for us to not upset them.

0:27:410:27:44

-We will be in touch.

-Sweet. Thank you.

-Cool. Cheers, man.

0:27:440:27:47

That's all right. Ooh-ooh!

0:27:470:27:49

Yey! Dickhead!

0:27:490:27:51

Fuck off! Oh, they're all coming out now.

0:27:510:27:53

I surprised myself today with my tics actually being quite limited.

0:27:530:27:57

A bit easier to... Fishy fanny!

0:27:570:28:00

..erm, to explain to them about Tourette's

0:28:000:28:03

and how they could help me in the workplace and, yeah,

0:28:030:28:07

it's probably also where I'm surrounded by fish

0:28:070:28:10

and I'm in my element. I was like, "Oh."

0:28:100:28:11

-HE WHISTLES

-Finding Ryan.

0:28:110:28:14

Encouraged by Nancy's assessment,

0:28:240:28:26

Andy has made an ambitious career choice.

0:28:260:28:29

Hello? I'd like to know who to get in touch with about my speaking.

0:28:300:28:35

He wants to use his experience of fighting back against the odds

0:28:360:28:40

to inspire others through public speaking.

0:28:400:28:43

Of your speakers that you have,

0:28:440:28:46

do you have anybody that has aphasia?

0:28:460:28:49

If not, would you like to try me?

0:28:490:28:52

I just don't think

0:28:520:28:54

we're at the stage of after-dinner speaking at the moment.

0:28:540:28:57

We're trying to get to the letter E without going through B, C and

0:28:570:29:02

D at the moment.

0:29:020:29:03

Do I mail you? What do I do?

0:29:040:29:07

-INTERVIEWER: How many more to go?

-Hundreds.

0:29:090:29:13

He isn't the person that he was and we all try to help him

0:29:130:29:18

be the person that he needs to be now, but he wants to be the person...

0:29:180:29:24

..that he once was, and so that becomes quite frustrating.

0:29:240:29:28

Andy's hours of cold calling may be about to pay off.

0:29:400:29:44

This will be the first time I've ever really talked about my life.

0:29:470:29:53

I'm nervous about me because it's about me, if you see what I mean.

0:29:530:29:59

A London agency has agreed to let him

0:30:000:30:03

audition for a place on their talent list.

0:30:030:30:05

Hopefully it will be good enough to get some work out of it.

0:30:080:30:12

The speaking marketplace is hugely competitive.

0:30:140:30:16

We have 30-40 new speakers coming in every week.

0:30:160:30:19

They only get one shot because there's always a next speaker coming along.

0:30:190:30:23

It can be a lucrative career choice.

0:30:230:30:26

A speaker can earn thousands of pounds a night.

0:30:260:30:29

People want to learn from people.

0:30:290:30:31

If you've done something extraordinary,

0:30:310:30:32

written a book, achieved amazing things in sport,

0:30:320:30:35

you potentially have got a story to tell.

0:30:350:30:38

Before being taken on, Andy needs to convince the whole

0:30:410:30:45

office that he has what it takes to be a public speaker.

0:30:450:30:49

-At this point, Andy, I step away and I say it's all yours.

-Thank you.

0:30:490:30:52

First impressions count. When Andy steps up on stage, he's

0:30:540:30:57

got 12 seconds to make an immediate impression.

0:30:570:31:00

He needs to get them onside straight away, else

0:31:000:31:03

he's fighting a losing battle.

0:31:030:31:05

Right, my name is Andy Ibbott. I am a stroke survivor,

0:31:080:31:14

but also an aphasia victim.

0:31:140:31:16

He sends messages up here but it doesn't always come out here.

0:31:160:31:21

-Yes?

-AUDIENCE:

-Yes.

-All right, then.

0:31:210:31:23

Andy kicks off with his previous career in superbikes.

0:31:250:31:29

There you go. That's the sort of thing we did.

0:31:290:31:31

I can't actually tell you more, except that is an Aprilia engine.

0:31:310:31:37

To be the race bikes, the ones that do 250 GP,

0:31:380:31:43

they don't now, they do 600 now. OK?

0:31:430:31:46

Ten minutes later, he moves on to the day that everything changed for him.

0:31:480:31:53

I started feeling this small lump in my throat.

0:31:530:31:57

They sat me down and told me,

0:31:570:32:00

"You won't walk and you won't talk."

0:32:000:32:02

Bollocks to that.

0:32:050:32:07

Rob, my friend, he helped me walk

0:32:090:32:11

down our lane 100 yards, until eventually he got me doing 26 miles a day.

0:32:110:32:16

The most hardest thing I've ever done.

0:32:170:32:20

But if I can do it, no reason you can't.

0:32:200:32:23

You can do it now.

0:32:230:32:25

-All right?

-Thank you.

-OK, then.

0:32:270:32:29

-Thank you very much.

-APPLAUSE

0:32:290:32:32

Andy's clearly got a lot of content. I worry that he's not

0:32:340:32:39

clear in his mind what the messages he's trying to deliver are.

0:32:390:32:43

A few bits of feedback.

0:32:430:32:45

The first ten minutes, where you're talking about

0:32:450:32:48

kind of your motorbikes, that needs to be done in 12 seconds.

0:32:480:32:51

I don't really care. The interesting part starts once you've

0:32:510:32:54

had your stroke, cos that's the story of you re-inventing yourself.

0:32:540:32:57

You need to refine the content of the speech and you need to

0:32:570:33:00

have confidence and maybe some training in your stage presence.

0:33:000:33:04

And I think with those three things, suddenly you'll turn yourself

0:33:040:33:08

into someone who's got the confidence they can actually get into the speaking scene.

0:33:080:33:11

But we're not going to be actively pushing you yet.

0:33:110:33:14

I was expecting a flat no, to be honest. It will just mean

0:33:150:33:18

working hard, that's all. I don't mind working hard, bring it on.

0:33:180:33:23

It's been a pleasure meeting you and I really enjoyed listening to you.

0:33:230:33:27

It was me standing in front of people

0:33:270:33:30

telling what I wanted to tell them.

0:33:300:33:32

A pleasure. Absolutely.

0:33:320:33:34

-INTERVIEWER: Do you love it, this kind of thing?

-Yes. Definitely.

0:33:340:33:37

The first time where a job means something to me.

0:33:390:33:42

What?

0:33:530:33:55

In Berkshire, Ryan's chances of building a career are starting to look up.

0:33:550:34:00

The local aquatics centre has invited him back for a job trial.

0:34:020:34:07

-Are you nervous?

-That's the wrong thing to ask me.

0:34:070:34:10

-Are you excited?

-That's better.

0:34:100:34:11

# Relax, just do it. #

0:34:110:34:14

Er-ah! Er-ah! Er-ah!

0:34:150:34:17

My last job was customer-based. Nipple-clipple.

0:34:170:34:21

I'm hoping employers sort of have the mind-set and go, "Right, we've got to concentrate

0:34:210:34:25

"on the person, not what is coming out of his mouth...involuntary."

0:34:250:34:30

So, yeah. Woohoo!

0:34:300:34:32

Excited?

0:34:380:34:39

-Yeah.

-You've got nothing to be worried about. It's...

0:34:390:34:42

-HE WHISTLES

-Cool.

0:34:420:34:44

For the first time since his diagnosis,

0:34:470:34:51

Ryan will be dealing with new co-workers and serving the public.

0:34:510:34:55

# When I'm cleaning windows. #

0:34:560:34:58

RYAN WHISTLES

0:34:580:35:00

You're going to be food with chips.

0:35:000:35:03

I'm going to batter all these knobheads.

0:35:030:35:06

I'm not going to lie, I was a little taken back at first.

0:35:060:35:09

You do not hear that in a shop anywhere.

0:35:090:35:11

The coping mechanism I'm going through at the moment is

0:35:130:35:17

pretending that what I'm doing is what I do at my house.

0:35:170:35:20

I'm trying to get my brain into saying, "You're familiar with this,

0:35:200:35:23

"you don't need to feel out of place."

0:35:230:35:26

And if I can find a place to work like this

0:35:260:35:28

full time, I'd be well happy, over the rainbow and all that. Ooh-hoo!

0:35:280:35:33

Munchkin land.

0:35:330:35:34

-Are you guys all right?

-Just getting some shrimp.

-Getting some shrimp.

0:35:370:35:39

-I'll let you get on with it.

-Thank you.

0:35:390:35:42

RYAN WHISTLES

0:35:420:35:44

Glug, glug, glug, glug, glug.

0:35:440:35:45

Whoo! Sorry, I do have Tourette's. If that startled you, then...

0:35:450:35:49

That's all right.

0:35:490:35:51

RYAN LAUGHS

0:35:530:35:55

It's full of protein.

0:35:550:35:57

It's called... Ooh, fishy fanny! It's not called that.

0:35:570:36:01

-OK.

-So you're interested in...that?

0:36:010:36:03

-I'm going to go away and think about all that.

-That's all right.

0:36:030:36:05

-And when I get ready, I'll come back. Thank you very much.

-All right, then. Thank you.

0:36:050:36:08

It's the customers that are giving me a bit of the heebie-jeebies

0:36:080:36:13

at the moment, because I don't know how they're going to react.

0:36:130:36:15

Oh, there's people coming in here with kids,

0:36:170:36:19

this is the worst thing in the world.

0:36:190:36:20

Fucking midget.

0:36:220:36:23

Ooh!

0:36:240:36:26

-Ooh!

-RYAN WHISTLES

0:36:290:36:30

Coffin dodgers. I am so sorry. So sorry.

0:36:300:36:34

-We all have our problems.

-THEY LAUGH

0:36:340:36:37

-But, yeah, I hope the plants make your tank, er, pond pretty.

-Hope so.

0:36:370:36:42

That was a bit embarrassing, but they took it in jest.

0:36:430:36:46

That's all right.

0:36:460:36:48

When he's able to talk to customers about something

0:36:480:36:51

he knows about, it's great.

0:36:510:36:53

But I do have some concerns, I'll be honest,

0:36:530:36:55

given the nature of his condition.

0:36:550:36:58

We wouldn't call our customers coffin dodgers.

0:36:580:37:02

That would normally result in a disciplinary.

0:37:020:37:05

-You have my CV.

-Yeah, if anything comes up in the shop, we will give you a call straight away.

0:37:060:37:10

Thank you. Right, I shall see you later.

0:37:100:37:13

In Northamptonshire,

0:37:240:37:26

Andy still hasn't secured any public speaking work.

0:37:260:37:30

I'd like to talk. I'd like to see if people would book me or not.

0:37:300:37:35

But he's refusing to give up on his new career path.

0:37:360:37:40

Bye.

0:37:400:37:41

INTERVIEWER: Do you think you're going to have to tell people about the difficult times?

0:37:480:37:52

Yes.

0:37:530:37:54

In my public speaking, I will...

0:37:540:37:59

..trace a time that was really bad

0:37:590:38:02

because I nearly committed suicide.

0:38:020:38:06

And...

0:38:080:38:09

..that's no good at all, erm...

0:38:130:38:17

..but at that time, that was my only option.

0:38:170:38:22

INTERVIEWER: I didn't know that.

0:38:300:38:32

Where were we? So we've got more.

0:38:560:39:00

-What were you dealing with at that time?

-Life.

0:39:040:39:08

Not being able to use my arm, not being able to use my leg.

0:39:080:39:12

Talking next to...was nothing.

0:39:120:39:16

Nothing was...

0:39:160:39:19

Was...

0:39:210:39:23

Was nothing and I felt that.

0:39:230:39:26

It's been a difficult ride since then,

0:39:270:39:31

but I always take the...

0:39:310:39:35

..opportunity to overcome it.

0:39:350:39:39

Hello? Hello? My name is Andy Ibbott,

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I have aphasia and also a stroke.

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Ryan, take a deep breath, all right? Move the fucking table, please.

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Ryan's tic attacks are getting more serious.

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Where are you going?

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Do you want help?

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Don't stress yourself.

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Slow down for a minute.

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You're really hot, Ryan.

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Vest, vest...

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Just stay there.

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-VOICEOVER:

-I want the best for him,

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but his brain is putting a stop to it, that's the big shame.

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His health stops him from doing what he wants to do.

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Stops him from having a job, stops him from going into town,

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stops him from doing day-to-day, normal things.

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So, it's gutting.

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I'm a little bit concerned about Ryan,

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and so I thought it was a good idea to just go and see him at home.

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If things have got so bad, what does this mean for his job prospects?

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What does this mean for his ability to work?

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KNOCKING

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-Hello.

-Ryan!

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Look at this!

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God, this is amazing!

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H-H-He's my main baby.

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-What's his name?

-Plop.

-Plop.

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Let's have a little bit of a catch-up.

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How has all of this left you feeling?

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It's all left me feeling quite crap.

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-HE WHISTLES

-Ooh, shit!

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Shit a brick! Shit a house! Crap.

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You've got this month, you're going to go back and see

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-your specialist.

-Yeah.

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Can you even think about work in that space?

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I really want to.

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-This is me, this is a rock.

-Yeah.

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-This is a hard place and they seem to be...

-Yeah.

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..slowly getting closer together at the moment.

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There's a big difference between what you're motivated to do

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-and what you're actually capable of doing right now, isn't there?

-Yeah.

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It's... It's horrible, yeah.

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We've got to look at the medical issues before you can really focus

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-on job search.

-Ooh!

-HE WHISTLES

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I feel very frustrated for Ryan.

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He works so hard, he's so ambitious and he's got so much to offer.

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He's had such a hard time.

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He can do all of the things in the world to get himself into work

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and then tic attack strikes and that is what he's got to deal with.

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It's really damaging, really damaging.

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HE WHISTLES

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The last few weeks I was literally thinking, like, this is the way

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that I want to go, and then it's like there's this big thing

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that's suddenly gone, "No, I'm going to push you back."

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I've gone back, like, four or five steps.

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At the moment, my health is my number one priority.

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It is, it is, it is...

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Knobhead! Fuck off! Orange juice.

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INTERCOM RINGS

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Hi.

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Although Ryan's too unwell to attend the next training session,

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Andy and the rest of the job-seekers are back in London.

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I've been turned down for about 30 jobs, but that's life.

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But you will get a job. If you stop doing it...

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-Oh, I'm not going to stop doing it.

-There you go, then.

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So far, none of the group have found employment,

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so Nancy's brought in a team of specialist recruiters to help broaden their job search.

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There's a few different kind of customer service side of things.

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-Right.

-Customer assistant in Tesco's.

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-We've also got a new M&S opening.

-Mm-hm.

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-Another one, Asda.

-Yep.

-They're all various different hours.

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It's OK.

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So the last one is a local charity

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and they're looking for tutors to work with children in the city.

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-Now you've got my interest.

-Yes!

-Tell me more.

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It's just going to be working with children and being their mentor.

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-We could set you up an interview.

-Have a definite interest in.

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-Definite. Good.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Awesome.

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-Thank you.

-Good luck.

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I feel quite positive about the things that he wants to do.

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He knows how to achieve something that's really tough,

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he's lived that. I really have got really high hopes for Andy.

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I think if I play it right,

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I shall definitely be in employment before the end of the year.

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I'll get there.

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For the past month, Ryan's tic attacks have become

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increasingly dangerous.

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This morning, he's seeing his neurologist.

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My worry is that Dr Stern could turn around and say, "Maybe lay off the job search for now,

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"concentrate on yourself," but then that's just going to put me all the way back in square one.

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-HE WHISTLES

-Oh!

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Ryan's one of my most severe patients at the moment.

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So this is really the extreme end of the condition.

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It has affected him to a very large degree.

0:46:290:46:31

-Ryan, would you like to come in?

-Yes, thank you.

0:46:310:46:34

-Ooh! Boing!

-RYAN GROANS

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Dr Jeremy Stern is one of the UK's leading specialists in Tourette's.

0:46:360:46:41

RYAN BARKS

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-Are they still coming in really strong bouts?

-Yeah.

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With this...is my main concern

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because I think my rage tics are back. Ooh!

0:46:470:46:50

So what happened? It looks like you've done more than scratch your arm.

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I got in the front passenger seat and as I've done that,

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with this arm, I've gone... Ooh! Knobhead!

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Pushed it up like that and as I've done that, I managed to smash the car windscreen.

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What we should probably do now is try and increase the tablets

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-you're taking at the moment.

-OK.

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The chances of them being really helpful,

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unfortunately, are quite low. I can't give the hard sell.

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-HE GROANS

-Is there anything you wanted to ask me?

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Erm...it was really about the job front.

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Do you think it would be too much pressure looking for a job?

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Sit down, you noisy bastard!

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OK, well, you are quite a confident person,

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you can project your personality past the tics

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and it's probably about finding the work that's right for you,

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where you can function, and it's not actually stopping you working.

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Oh! Knobhead!

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Dr Stern was positive that I could work,

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and he said I was confident enough to be able to go out and look for work.

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That meant a lot to me. It's just about finding the right job.

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It's an ongoing road, it's my yellow brick road to Oz,

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that's... Yeah, that's the way I can describe it and it's just ongoing at the moment.

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Determined not to give up,

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Andy's found a new way to fulfil his dream of public speaking.

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This company has let me have a go,

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so that I can show I can work.

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It's a godsend.

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Grab a seat. You all right?

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A local social enterprise has asked him to help with their fundraising.

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First impressions are vitally important

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and if we come across as not professional, not organised,

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we will be overlooked.

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It's Andy Ibbott here.

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Andy will need to win over potential donors, both on the phone

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and in public talks.

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We want to fund the situation,

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but we need some notes, some e-mails,

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something we've got to fill in, so if you can

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give us that, that would be most grateful.

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Who makes your funding...? People?

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Community fund administrators.

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There were a few times on the phone where he did make mistakes.

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He just needs to be clearer, that's all.

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How the bags of help. How it works.

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How do we get in contact with you?

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That's one area that he will need some added support.

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OK.

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We're going down to the university,

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we've got this wonderful opportunity to pitch.

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It is really important that we get it right today.

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See what you can come up with to fill ten minutes.

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We will then hopefully go down to university and you can deliver it.

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-Is that OK?

-No problem.

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Andy's been asked to deliver a speech about the organisation

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to a group of potential volunteers.

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If I give a good presentation, I expect a lot of them to come down

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and write their name down.

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With a bad presentation, we won't have anything,

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so it's up to me to give a reason why they should come.

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Care for... Care... Urgh!

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Refocus. Learn 2 Care.

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-Learn 2 Care.

-That's it.

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I keep getting that wrong, I don't know why, I just do.

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-Hello, everybody.

-AUDIENCE:

-Hello.

-Yey! That's better.

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Welcome to Learn 2 Care.

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-I'm Andy.

-AUDIENCE:

-Hi, Andy.

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Erm, getting on board is getting

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quite hard with these organisations, setting it up.

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You will notice that I cannot speak properly. I have had a stroke.

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Now I am like this, all right?

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So please, if I say anything where you think,

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"What the hell does he want?" ask, OK?

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What we want you to do is to volunteer. If you can come along,

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you could say, "I like the idea..." you just come up in the upstairs

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and sign your name on the piece of paper and we will contact you.

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From the moment I opened my mouth,

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I knew I was in trouble straight away.

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I should have got the words more correct in my head.

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What kind of things or, like, where...?

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How much can you give us?

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How much can you offer?

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Despite Andy's concerns, volunteers are beginning to come forward.

0:52:100:52:15

Today was the first time in many years I've had a purpose.

0:52:150:52:20

This job, I know I can do it, but it

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depends on whether Mike thinks I'm suitable or not.

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-All right?

-Thank you.

-And you.

-Thank you very much.

-And you, thank you.

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With my Tourette's, it has been quite the roller-coaster ride,

0:52:420:52:46

because at the moment, I feel I'm going through a nice, quiet spell

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and while I'm doing that,

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I can get myself out there and push for employment.

0:52:520:52:57

Ryan's Tourette's is taking a turn for the better

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and the aquatics centre has been back in touch.

0:53:020:53:05

-Hello.

-Hello, Ryan.

-You all right?

-Not too bad.

0:53:050:53:08

I've got a call back for some feedback they want to give me,

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which is a bit surprising because I thought that was

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sort of the end of it, but I'll see what they've got to say.

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When you were on the work trial, I was a little bit nervous.

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There were a few awkward moments.

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Normally we have a no swearing on the shop floor policy.

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When there's a load of people my brain just goes, "Urgh!"

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Having said that, there wasn't a single bad word

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said from any of the customers that we spoke to after they'd been served by you.

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-Brilliant.

-We do think you deserve a chance.

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You've got passion, you've got bundles of it.

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We've had a vacancy open up, just a couple of days a week, hands-on with the fish, feeding,

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cleaning, and we would like you on board as part of the team.

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That's brilliant.

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It's amazing. I'm really quite chuffed with myself, to be fair.

0:53:540:53:57

-You definitely deserve it.

-Thank you.

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Yeah, I'll be happy to do it.

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It feels good to be employable.

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I never thought I'd be employable. Whoo! Me mouth's a potty!

0:54:050:54:09

I'm back and I'm back with a force.

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My horizons are a lot bigger than what I thought they were.

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Now, being offered the job, I'm over the moon.

0:54:150:54:19

-I'm getting employed.

-HE WHISTLES

0:54:190:54:23

-Hi.

-You all right?

0:54:230:54:25

-How are you?

-Not bad. Ooh!

0:54:250:54:29

-I've got a job.

-Well done.

-I know.

0:54:290:54:33

My God! Now you can wake up to something.

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You can get into a uniform and go, "Right, babe, I'm going to work."

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I can't wait!

0:54:400:54:42

I am speechless. It's just unreal.

0:54:430:54:47

It's just a great opportunity for him.

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To be told that anybody wants me is a big thing.

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I'm not going to let my condition beat me.

0:54:520:54:55

I'm beyond happy. Reach for the stars!

0:54:550:55:00

-Andy, come on in, take a seat.

-Thank you.

0:55:110:55:13

While Ryan has finally been accepted into the workforce,

0:55:160:55:20

Andy's yet to discover whether he's done enough to secure a job.

0:55:200:55:24

How do you think the day went?

0:55:240:55:26

Erm, I thought I let it down.

0:55:260:55:30

OK. The script wasn't word perfect, but you got out

0:55:340:55:37

some of the key messages. I thought actually you captured them quite well.

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And I think they connected with you rather well.

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Our goal for the day was to get volunteers

0:55:450:55:49

-and we accomplished that.

-Yes.

-We have.

-We have, yeah.

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We've had a successful day.

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Good.

0:55:570:55:59

Thank you very much for your hard work.

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We'd like to actually offer you the position,

0:56:060:56:09

to come on board.

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And congratulations.

0:56:120:56:16

That has been truly amazing, amazing. I mean, I've... I've not had a job

0:56:160:56:22

offered to me since...

0:56:220:56:25

Well, 30 years ago... was my last job offer.

0:56:250:56:30

People didn't want to know me.

0:56:310:56:34

People didn't want to know me because

0:56:340:56:36

they couldn't see me the person,

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so I'm very, very, very much appreciated it.

0:56:400:56:44

You were successful then and you're going to be successful again, so, yeah.

0:56:440:56:48

Thank you. Thank you very much.

0:56:480:56:50

I got a job.

0:56:590:57:01

It's small but it's a job.

0:57:010:57:04

Brilliant, just brilliant.

0:57:050:57:07

I never thought anybody would say that to me,

0:57:090:57:12

"Here is a job." A job. It's unbelievable, unbelievable.

0:57:120:57:20

The last six years have been lost, but now it's given me purpose,

0:57:200:57:25

pure and simple.

0:57:250:57:26

It's superb to have a job, it's as simple as that.

0:57:300:57:36

It's superb to have a job, end of.

0:57:360:57:39

I do all of these things to make myself employable

0:57:490:57:51

and I still don't have a job and...

0:57:510:57:55

And I don't know why, to be honest.

0:57:550:57:57

Welcome to life with a disabled person.

0:57:580:58:01

-Hello?

-ON PHONE:

-Hello, is that Nicola?

-It is.

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Just because I'm visually impaired doesn't mean I don't have the capability of thinking for myself.

0:58:060:58:12

-They're not having my baby.

-No.

0:58:120:58:14

I'm concerned that you're putting this off, if I'm honest, Marve.

0:58:140:58:18

I'm actually a bit concerned.

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