Unemployment Argument on my blog

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Okay, argument is too strong of a word but an ignorant comment on my blog got to me. On an article discussing unemployment among the ASD population a person replied "It is a universal problem, Does not spare anyone." My take was "Really? 85% unemployment is common among the population as whole?"

If anyone is interested in reading my response (or the exchange or the article) here it is: Unemployment among the ASD/Aspergers population

With so many people getting laid off and losing their homes all around me, I can see where it can appear to ordinary people that "everyone" is becoming unemployed these days. The comment was a bit thoughtless but I don't think he thought it all the way through before posting it. He was probably just being pessimistic and didn't mean to belittle our problems. I don't think you should start an argument over it, though maybe point out that the actual rate of unemployment is around 10% whereas it is 85% for us.

Here is what I responded with: "True but I find 85% unemployment for the ASD population to be substantially larger than that for the general population."

Some people had this sad attitude, that if they have a hard time getting a job, then no one who is "lesser" by their bias perspective diserves one shot. Of course they play nice when they feel they have to.

He said there is a high unemployment rate across the board, that is technically true. The blog posting does not list the 85%, so how is he supposed to know?

Where does the 85% number come from? That seems awfully high. I could believe 50, even 60%, but 85%? Is that not just the number for all autistics maybe?