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.
