How on earth do you survive with Asperger's/HFA? (Poll)

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No idea.

The closest thing that applies to me in that poll is family support, even though it's mediocre at best. Currently living with parents who at the very least don't kick me out into the street is the only reason why I'm not dead yet from homelessness or starvation.

I have two part time jobs working from home that involve writing. Additionally I just got hired for a full time job at a restaurant doing food prep. I also tutor high school students for reasonable rates thereby undercutting all of my college peers and probably providing better education then those Jersey Shore lookalikes anyway. I live with my girlfriend and she helps me handle the stuff that I can't stand, ie banking, taxes, neighbors... Most people I know probably don't suspect me of having AS. I am taking a semester off of college at the moment so we can keep paying the bills. I have 3 classes left to take (hurray!). I'm also seeking an accredited college that can provide me at-home training for medical transcription

I work in a callcenter, doing tech support. There are worse things, I guess.

I trade stocks, my lease is up and im about to be homeless though. As long as it helps me save up so I can finally open a broad st. account so I can get around some silly rule it will be worth it. But am about to mail in my medicaid forms and going to try to get on food stamps if I can. On top of this I have a toxic loan I can't pay off that increases more than $500 every month. I wish I would not even have gone to college if I would have gotten diagnosed sooner (or gone into engineering). Having ASD sucks in America, but I'd be happy working at a quiet library to survive if I have to but that isn't going to pay off my student loan.

I live with me mam who is going to palm me off to another family member. But I get to live in the city.

I'm freaked out by the idea of working and never seem to get a job interview or if I do I never get chosen. I've done work experience and was horrible at it.

You left out my option:

"I haven't died yet."

I survive. The only reason I'm still with my parents is because I promised my mother I wouldn't leave until I was twenty years of age. Otherwise, I know I can survive alone.

I've comes to terms with my disability and compensated in many areas. I receive a pension and I have a part time job. My pension doesn't define who I am. My musical tastes do.

. I was amazed by the fact that you reached R&D in a company without a college degree. What amazes me more is the fact that you started from cleaning and moved all the way up.
I've been different all my life and I suspect i have asperger's. I'm doing Bachelors in Business Administration. I am in my 4th semester of college. I am having a hard time coping with the stress of academics and the social life. I'm not intellectually inferior. It's just that i can't think clearly when i am under stress. I had a 3.4 GPA on my 1st and 3.33 on my 2nd semester of college. But i did really bad on my 3rd semester with a 1.48 GPA failing statistics. I specialized on marketing. But now I've realised that i can't be a conventional marketer. Life is getting harder and i can't cope. But I'm not lazy and I'm willing to work to get a good life. I wanted to ask you some question.
How did people treat you back when you were a cleaner? How did you move all the way up, did you have friends in the upper level? And as you started moving up how was people's behavior towards you?
I was interested in knowing your overall experience with life.

^^^^hiya 1997 welcome to the club

There was no multiple option so I had to vote other.


I do qualify for disability so I get it. I have an honored citizen pass because I also qualify for it and an adult monthly pass for public transportation is over $100. I work part time and work for a company that employs people with disabilities. But that is about all the support I get.

I've had long periods of unemployment (3 years was my longest), went to college twice (Graphic Design when I was 18 and Computer Science in my late 20s), over twenty jobs (kitchen porter, retail, tech support, IC design, chef, delivery driver, R&D QA, installation engineer, software dev, web dev, and now software tester), have been made redundant 6 times and walked out of numerous jobs. Oh, and no degree for me either - every time I got a uni place I got a job instead.

Having been diagnosed this January, I finally know why I have such a chequered employment history

I choose "other" because I work part-time but my significant other is the breadwinner. Before I had kids I worked full time and attended college. I've also been self employed, which is nice. I find working to be stressful and I would often just up and quit a job over some silly thing. I didn't know how to work out my problems when I was younger. I am now in a job that I would like to keep, so I'm trying to make sure I don't screw it up. I pretend to be normal. And I must remind myself not to do some things because my behaviors can be weird.

I'm a high school dropout who has lectured to graduating engineers. When I needed a regular job the last time, I was hired to develop composite helicopter accessories based on a marine product I'd developed on my own. After a while, the boss got nervous and sent me to trade school for a week to get some paper. I had to pay attention for one afternoon, but the rest was review for me.

I was lucky enough to find a job that I enjoy that pays decent money. I'm also okay with being on the spectrum. I work at a local bank.

I have a lucrative career as a musician known by my stage name as... I better not say.