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.
It comes down to a point blank refusal to understand based on outdated and negative misconceptions and myths about autism that are fuelled by prejudiced and discriminatory attitudes - as a gay man who comes from a Catholic background in Rural Ireland I know this all too well, in my 30 years working in supermarkets and living in a working class (socially deprived) area and I have also experienced this from (within) the gay community long before my diagnosis