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Support and Employment

symthetic

Hello everyone, 

I'm new here, and just recently got my Lvl 1 ASD diagnosis at 47 (which is obviously a whole thing). I was wondering if anyone knew of any support/resources for people with ASD in terms of getting into employment, general support etc.

I'm in therapy and have asked my GP about additional options for that, but I'm not really sure where else to look - or if there even is any additional support for people with high functioning. I'm not expecting much to be honest, but wanted to check all the same.

Thanks!

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  • Good morning from America, Symthetic!

    So I know here in the States we’ve got a system for helping people with disabilities such as Autism find employment (that’s actually my job, I’m an employment specialist), but I’m not sure if the UK has a similar system. We’re also called job coaches. Basically my job is to help with discovering what you want to do for employment, assist with finding a job, then help to retain a job until total independence is achieved. I imagine something like that would be awesome in your case.

    If you’ve got any questions about the job hunting process, I might have some advice, but of course I’m a little limited since things are different over here than over there.

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  • Good morning from America, Symthetic!

    So I know here in the States we’ve got a system for helping people with disabilities such as Autism find employment (that’s actually my job, I’m an employment specialist), but I’m not sure if the UK has a similar system. We’re also called job coaches. Basically my job is to help with discovering what you want to do for employment, assist with finding a job, then help to retain a job until total independence is achieved. I imagine something like that would be awesome in your case.

    If you’ve got any questions about the job hunting process, I might have some advice, but of course I’m a little limited since things are different over here than over there.

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