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Adult son with Asperger Syndrome

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 After 2 years of my son trying to get a job or even get some work experience, I reluctently agreed to take him to the docters and have him made unfit for work. I was advised by the disabilty work adviser at the job centre to do this to prevent him going on to the work programme which we all agreed he would not be able to cope with.

I had a visit from Gloucester careers who gave me some good advice with completing the ESA paperwork and he is now awaiting an assessment. Social services are due to come and finacially assess him so that he can have vouchers for him to be able to access social events. However i am thinging of cancelling this as he is unlikley to want to go anywhere without me or his dad and he is very protective about giving out financial details.

I have found a local social club for him to attend to try and increase his social skills and am still keen to try and help him access work. Before anyone suggests trying Remploy we aready did and they decided that he was too difficult to place!

any ideas on how to help him gain work in the future would be welcomed

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  • Another example of the Government's wacky benefits review not working. Good that you actually found a real live "disability work adviser", but why is he allocated to the work programme if his disability is so marked?

    NAS needs to be more aware of the numbers of instances where the whole process is going wrong. See the various postings under Work and Volunteering on the review of ATOS and the benefits review.

    If REMPLOY found him too difficult to place he ought to be entitled to benefits.

    I can understand if you feel he ought to be self sufficient in life but as things stand most workplaces are hostile environments if you have social integration difficulties. So even if he gets a job his work colleagues wont necessarily be sympathetic or understanding (the Disability Discrimination Act deals with manifest discrimination, not subtle exclusion).

    If you can improve his educational qualifications that can make some difference in that he can get work that is more intellectual in nature and might be less dependent on fitting in, but its not that easy either.

    Perhaps if you can say more about his age, qualifications and the extent to which he is affected by his Asperger's Syndrome, other correspondents can identify with his story and offer their experiences and insight.

    But in the meantime there is the impression that his difficulties are quite marked and therefore getting him into employment may be unrealistic.

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  • Another example of the Government's wacky benefits review not working. Good that you actually found a real live "disability work adviser", but why is he allocated to the work programme if his disability is so marked?

    NAS needs to be more aware of the numbers of instances where the whole process is going wrong. See the various postings under Work and Volunteering on the review of ATOS and the benefits review.

    If REMPLOY found him too difficult to place he ought to be entitled to benefits.

    I can understand if you feel he ought to be self sufficient in life but as things stand most workplaces are hostile environments if you have social integration difficulties. So even if he gets a job his work colleagues wont necessarily be sympathetic or understanding (the Disability Discrimination Act deals with manifest discrimination, not subtle exclusion).

    If you can improve his educational qualifications that can make some difference in that he can get work that is more intellectual in nature and might be less dependent on fitting in, but its not that easy either.

    Perhaps if you can say more about his age, qualifications and the extent to which he is affected by his Asperger's Syndrome, other correspondents can identify with his story and offer their experiences and insight.

    But in the meantime there is the impression that his difficulties are quite marked and therefore getting him into employment may be unrealistic.

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