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Anyone else with Autism, ADHD or both gotten into full time employment & got their life together at age 25 ?

Blue

Anyone else with Autism, ADHD or both gotten into full time employment & got their life together at age 25 ? I've had enough of these fake organisation that keep failing me or forcing me into work in some really unsuitable work environments or with extremely shady employers. So far I've done so much work experience, leisure & online learning and nothing has given me a little bit of direction. I wanted to go back to college but they do not do digital infrastructure or digital development for those over the age of 23. 

I've tried an apprenticeship which ended early because of the training provider or school going bankrupt, it wasn't something I was interested in anyway but i was willing to give it a chance and complete them, they where in horticulture and retail. Looking back they where probably a waste of time as because they where in dead end entry level subjects. 

I just want some direction or at least a fresh start in a job in a clean, well ventilated environment with routine hours but i keep being harassed into livestock, meat processing and elderly care assistant roles and the only reason i didn't stay at these jobs is because harassment and bullying by the staff was ruthless and became violently physical and dangerous.          

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  • Hi Blue, have you looked any of the level 3 courses that are under the new national skills thing? they pay for them. Maybe there is something you would like there? Think there is some funding out there for Advanced learner loans too if you can find a course that is covered by it. 

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  • Hi Blue, have you looked any of the level 3 courses that are under the new national skills thing? they pay for them. Maybe there is something you would like there? Think there is some funding out there for Advanced learner loans too if you can find a course that is covered by it. 

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  • in reply to TJ

    The only courses i can apply for that are accessible to me are access courses in Science, Engineering & Healthcare and their not qualification based. Access courses designed to get you into to university and are a fixed two year course of sixteen hours a weeks where they'll prepare you for university which is great as if they college decide to fund me i would be able to keep my universal credit and housing benefit.

    They prepare you by making you redo your cores GCSE in maths and english to grade B or whatever is now equivalent to a B or higher and teach you about the specific subject like engineering and physics , only problem with access courses they only lead to university however its not impossible to do an access course and moved to a level 4 or 3 apprenticeships.

    I have thought about doing the access course in engineering then progressing to Digital infrastructure or programming at level 4 which apparently is sensible move.

    I've also looked into the level 3 courses under the national skill thing however in my area (Norfolk) T levels and that scheme are locked to under 25 and i turn 25 end of this month.