Published on 12, July, 2020
By that I mean those receiving universal credit/ESA or pension credit(if old enough). Those who live in social housing, and aren't well off enough to be home owners.
I wonder why you are asking this? I understand that the majority of autistic people either cannot work, or struggle to manage a full time job. And you don't have to be getting benefits or living in social housing to be poor - those with income just above the benefits level are often the worst off, and pay the highest proportion of income in taxes.
You, and no doubt others here, wonder why. For my part I'm struggling to understand why there's a failure to understand why the difference in experiences impacts on my ability to feel that I fit in here.
does anyone fit in here? Forgive me but I've just never seen this as a 'fitting in' kind of place.
I think Peter has hit the nail on the head here. But not fitting in, is no bad thing either.
I don't fit in anywhere. This place we have one thing in common, and then may have other things in common with individual members. But the board as a whole will only ever be that one thing.
Though I have 'met' some great and interesting people here - your good self included firemonkey