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Autism Awareness Week - Where is the info to help promote the week for us that are in full time employment??

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I work for an amazing organisation. I work full time on a shift pattern that changes during a five week period but my days off in those five weeks are standard it's just the time of the shifts that change. I work taking calls from the public and every call is different.

Where is the information to help promote Autism and Work?? I recently saw a poster about 1 in 6 austistics are in work but can't find the poster anywhere on the NAS sight. With the Awareness week coming up does anyone know where I can find info about the positivities of having Autism and the world of work.

I was diagnosed with Aspergers three years ago

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  • Autistic people.can have amazing talents.and strengths. They can also have weaknesses.

    Unfortunately a lot.of.employers/managers only see.the weaknesses. Answering telephones is.part of the job. So is team work, working in an open plan office and doing things.that are inefficient and wrong just because 'that is the way we do things' 

     They don't want someone who will concentrate on a.task until it is finished and who strives.for accuracy, they want someone who will drop.what they are doing at a whim and do.something else.and.then come.back to the original task. They don't.want someone who will do work and not engage.in meaningless.drivel.with workmates, they want someone who.will be constantly checking.their facepack account.and.emails and talking.about what a.good.party it was at the weekend. Or so.it seems.

    A very large number of.modern.work.practices are not conducive to.an autistic person. And a lot of.this is due.to.a lack of imagination on how.people can be made to 'shine' in their work.

     How a lot of modern work  practices are advantageous to the company are beyond me.   The whole system including the.governments employment service, the job application form, the interview process and structure of work seem intent on inefficiency and not finding.employment for skills apart from the ability to talk bull. 

    And until.this.is addressed there will always be problems in the workplace for those who are autistic. And this is far more important than any 'buddy' system mentioned on a poster..

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  • Autistic people.can have amazing talents.and strengths. They can also have weaknesses.

    Unfortunately a lot.of.employers/managers only see.the weaknesses. Answering telephones is.part of the job. So is team work, working in an open plan office and doing things.that are inefficient and wrong just because 'that is the way we do things' 

     They don't want someone who will concentrate on a.task until it is finished and who strives.for accuracy, they want someone who will drop.what they are doing at a whim and do.something else.and.then come.back to the original task. They don't.want someone who will do work and not engage.in meaningless.drivel.with workmates, they want someone who.will be constantly checking.their facepack account.and.emails and talking.about what a.good.party it was at the weekend. Or so.it seems.

    A very large number of.modern.work.practices are not conducive to.an autistic person. And a lot of.this is due.to.a lack of imagination on how.people can be made to 'shine' in their work.

     How a lot of modern work  practices are advantageous to the company are beyond me.   The whole system including the.governments employment service, the job application form, the interview process and structure of work seem intent on inefficiency and not finding.employment for skills apart from the ability to talk bull. 

    And until.this.is addressed there will always be problems in the workplace for those who are autistic. And this is far more important than any 'buddy' system mentioned on a poster..

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