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The obsession with getting us back into work

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I'm not sure if this is just me. Although, a few people at the local Autism group have said the same.

I am currently on ESA due to a mixture of disabilities, including Autism and hearing and sight impairments. Because I'm in the support group, the job centre have left me alone. (as per the letter they sent me in November)

My "support worker" (who agreed with some silly woman that I'm not Autistic and thinks it's ok to take me somewhere noisy) keeps telling I need to find work. But why? It's not as if I spent my time doing nothing. I run, I'm currently self-teaching (with some help soon, hopefully) Spanish and am hoping that soon a friend can help me with my GCSE English.

At a local Autism group I attend, we were talking about this Autism strategy and it seems to mention work a lot. The current stats are, that only 15% of people on the spectrum are employed. But that stat (well, the 85% who aren't employed) includes people right across the spectrum and those like me with physical disabilities on top of having Autism.

It seems that these so-called professionals want people with Autism back to work. Yet, they won't give us support for our issues which means we could possibly work.

Attitudes from other people doesn't help this at all.

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  • With Aspergers they say,(I also agree) that work is the embodiment of aspergers function,, it is true when I was working I coped better with life, it gave a focus, an environment and a role for confidence. I would also say I emotional collasped at work and had a breakdown by overworking, I was never taught a life work balance, my work was my life, my ego was my work,, it was vocational, I was not even working for the concept of money. So work for a person with autism aspergers has to be treated as part of a balance of work,, working for working sake will kill you, as it nearly did me.

    It is a good post,, give me constructive employment not work.

    quote "Yet, they won't give us support for our issues which means we could possibly work.".. I have whole heartly engaged with job centre and employment specialist services about working, but have found they are 90% lip service and 10% actual support resources. It seems to be a work business about a work business only, no real work resources,, pity the brought out self sticking stamps,,we could have been employed to lick them.

    PS maybe an idea to change your support worker, direct and indirect cognitive manipulation is not a good thing to be getting

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  • With Aspergers they say,(I also agree) that work is the embodiment of aspergers function,, it is true when I was working I coped better with life, it gave a focus, an environment and a role for confidence. I would also say I emotional collasped at work and had a breakdown by overworking, I was never taught a life work balance, my work was my life, my ego was my work,, it was vocational, I was not even working for the concept of money. So work for a person with autism aspergers has to be treated as part of a balance of work,, working for working sake will kill you, as it nearly did me.

    It is a good post,, give me constructive employment not work.

    quote "Yet, they won't give us support for our issues which means we could possibly work.".. I have whole heartly engaged with job centre and employment specialist services about working, but have found they are 90% lip service and 10% actual support resources. It seems to be a work business about a work business only, no real work resources,, pity the brought out self sticking stamps,,we could have been employed to lick them.

    PS maybe an idea to change your support worker, direct and indirect cognitive manipulation is not a good thing to be getting

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