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Aaron Ubasa has always wondered how things work, how they function, and how you repair them if you have a problem. So when a friend of his west London-based family, who worked at bus operator London United/ RATP, suggested he consider an engineering apprenticeship, he applied, was accepted, and began in September 2018. Having received official confirmation of his condition, both the operator and training provider S&B Automotive Academy worked with the Ubasa family to support his learning. "We developed a plan for how to keep him as part of the team - it was a big group - without profiling him to the others," recalls S&B deputy team lead Gulam Bakawala. Says Ubasa: "When I first stepped foot in S&B, I felt lost, and had no idea what to do or say. But when G spoke with me, and we started to have meetings, it got better." Sadly for Ubasa - and everyone else - the COVID lockdowns interrupted the normal course of the apprenticeship. To plug the gap, S&B provided structured online resources and interactive activities to replace the practical and theoretical aspects of the course. |