BTDT wrote:
While knowing the exact cause is useful, I suspect this will not help people who already have autism.
What people with autism could use are programs designed to identify the strengths of people with autism, and then help those people use those strengths to benefit both society and themselves.
For instance, someone with autism may be great surgery ward janitor, being able to notice and report the smallest problems before they become a danger to someone.
See the trouble is though if a more friendly, outgoing, less socially awkward person applies for the job, then it is likely that person gets the job not the awkward seeming autistic person. In fact some jobs seem like they don't care very much how skilled of a worker you are...plenty of employers prefer employees that are willing to take questionable short-cuts rather than people that do the job right.
Of course signing up with vocational rehabilitation can help some, because there are resources and programs to help you get put into a job rather than having to just apply and search on your own. They sometimes might just provide a job counselor person to help format a resume and give you some guidance on how to job search and things...so you have to be upfront that you need more intensive help then that, so they can get you with more of a work adjustment program that can then help you with job placement. I think a good majority of the jobs they can place you in are lower level government sort of jobs, but its something.
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29 Mar 2019, 11:45 am
