Does it even exist?
Whats the stat? 16% in employment? What % of that is 'meaningful' in a meaningful sense, as in fulfilling, engaging and utilising core strengths?
Pretty sure we have dreams and aspirations, i know we have skills, often a strong skillset is honed over time, why isnt this tapped into?
Do we have any folks on here who run businesses? If so, how did that happen? Is it in your 'interest' area?
I've been laughed out of the local business enterprise place 3 times, as soon as they hear aspergers you are 'othered', but you still recieve the spam talking about big initiatives for people who sound like you, but you are 'other'.
I believe The National Autistic Society should create a fund of £1 million to directly fund autistic entrepreneurs to achieve self sustainability, administration of which should be absorbed by NAS infrastructure.
In conjunction with this fund The National Autistic Society should create a positive discrimination policy for those with ASC in regards to employement, supply chain, and service procurement.
A focus on reducing the hideous 54:suicide stat should be made PRIORITY.
If you create the correct 'ecosystem', the solutions will unlock themselves, the problems we face are not 'whenre will NTs get their mortgage payments from'
But then again, i am 'other' what do i know?
