STEVEN
WHOLESALE PLANTS DIRECT
Steven is a young man of 24 who has had to endure
some tough personal problems to get through to where
he is right now. He currently lives with his sister and still
deeply misses his mum whom he lost only a few short
years ago. Steven was pretty close to his mum and
she used to join him in many appointments before she
got very ill. When Steven’s mum passed away, he was
understandably distraught and decided to take a “leave
of absence” from job search in order to grieve.
Steven has autism, but much more striking is how keen
he is to work and the way natural friendly leads him to
befriending the people he meets almost immediately.
The young man is a thoughtful person whose outlook
of work is that of pride. When he did secure that job
at Wholesale Plants Direct as a nursery hand, he was
proud and eager to tell his family that he finally secured
work and can be of help to them!
He however postponed telling his family the good news
for a week just to make sure it was real and it was
ongoing. Getting to work and contribute in a way he was
proud of was just too good to be true!
When his employer Nigel Read met Steven, he was
astounded with the amount of enthusiasm he has for
work. In fact Steven tried to do all the hours of his work
trial without a break under a 30+ degree heat! Nigel
stepped in to make su