Unemployed Aspie and sick of it

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I have been unemployed for almost four years (I'm almost 27), and it really annoys me that certain people involved in my treatment don't think I can have a job right now. I don't know why, because I know for a fact that there are people out there with worse problems than me that have jobs. I guess maybe it's my social skills, but why should that affect my ability to do a job? I can do things if people show me. What really galls me is that I have always had people telling me how intelligent I was, so people expected a lot from me, and I know I can do things. Another part of the problem is that I don't have a lot of job experience, so I'm looking into the possibility of volunteer work which would hopefully lead to real work. But the bottom line is I'm frustrated because I want to work and am being held back. Does anyone else have this problem?

dont ever believe the lie that if you volunteer somewhere ittle lead to a job at that place. i did that many times and ended up working for free. i know your frustration though in getting/keeping a job. for me its job inexpirance, and if i did manage to get a job it would be in the service industry. and of course 99% of the time you need good social skills when working with the public. i always did my best at whatever job i did but was never satisfactory at it. goodluck

i feel the same way about group therapy. like why do i want 15 other people with schizophrenia to know my problems, i need some individual counceling n***a please! nobody at the guidance center seemd to understand that. anyways i'd like to work again because i think it relieves alot of stress and you dont feel so much like a loser but right now im on disability. its OK i guess but someday i'd like to give working another try.

Yes! The same is happening for me. My lacking social skills are part of it, but also entry-level job prospects here are poor at best. There aren't enough to go around....and most have stupid requirements (be 21, 2-years prior experience).

The only jobs I can get are entry-level crap, most of it having to deal with people all day.

I had a few jobs which didn't involve customers, but were even worse because they had tons of sickening office politics and bullies.

I've now been unemployed 4 weeks and my wife left me and took the kids the day I lost the job. I've barely left the house at all. I'm at about the lowest point in my life.

I need to find a good "aspie" job, one I can stick with for years (because in my wife's opinion) I can't be considered "stable" until I can hold a job for a long time without running away when things get hard. (I *know* she doesn't understand the abuse I suffer at the hands of the "common folk".)


So I feel for you.... I hope there's light at the end of the tunnel for all of us.

Go find a volunteering job at aplace that you think you will fit in, such as your local PBS station or your local Red Cross.