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in your opinion do you think autism/asperge is a disability?

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21 Apr 2011, 11:00 am

buryuntime wrote:
the problems I can think of most when dealing with autism and the workplace are: the interview and other social complexities, communication ability, sensory issues, dealing with change, stress, attention shifting...

I worked in health care, which of course was completely wrong for me. I hung in there as long as I could, but between the issues mentioned above, and conniving co-workers who enjoyed witch hunts, I had to leave that field.

buryuntime wrote:
but a lot of people with autism excel at a certain area or would do well in quiet, repetitive work.

Some of the jobs that I held in my 20's and 30's were like that. I loved data entry jobs. You didn't have to talk to anyone, and you sat at a desk and did your work. There were predictable breaks and lunch times. I don't know if such jobs exist anymore.


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