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Meme2

Hi Everyone,

My name is Meme and my daughter has been diagnosed with Autism.  My husband and I knew that there was something wrong when she did not speak at an early age.  We did begin testing, but no one gave us a diagnosis until she was 21.  They just said that she needed to be in smaller classes to learn with an IEP.  We did this and she learned a lot but there was still the times when she struggled.  Now that she is older, she struggles with finding the right job that she can do without a lot of instruction as well as well as making friends.  We would appreciate advice on how we can help her adjust to the working world. We try not to push too hard but I do not know if that is helpful or not.  She can do a lot but I think we hold her back so that she does not get hurt.  Thanks for listening. 

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  • nothing "wrong" with being Autistic 

    Finding employments is super tough for all young adults, that is multiplied further when a small number , off top of head around 25-30% of Neurodivergent (ND) adults are in employment - and those that are (like me) work is a really difficult place to be, possibly the hardest environment (colleagues, manager, clients/customers, HR processes) we have to deal with in life  -and often the cause of "Autistic Burnout".  Of course you'll find examples to counteract that, find her passion and find the right employer and environment (I work from home so I can manage my own physical space) .

    So find out her strengths and passions, play to those, and perhaps use AI (sorry this may upset some people but actually its a great time saver) to seek suitable roles and sectors.  Theerafter its finding employers that don't just use tick-box disability friendly talk on their careers page, but actually have ND employees who back this up.  I hear soon they (employers)  may have to publish stats on this , so that transparency will be forced.

    Many of us here , me included have adult children that are ND, so understand your concerns.  I know its hard not to push, but if you can take the pressure off, and plants seeds of ideas, they will in their own time figure things out.  We NDs have a lot of strengths one of them is problem solving - so I expect your daughter will make her own path

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  • nothing "wrong" with being Autistic 

    Finding employments is super tough for all young adults, that is multiplied further when a small number , off top of head around 25-30% of Neurodivergent (ND) adults are in employment - and those that are (like me) work is a really difficult place to be, possibly the hardest environment (colleagues, manager, clients/customers, HR processes) we have to deal with in life  -and often the cause of "Autistic Burnout".  Of course you'll find examples to counteract that, find her passion and find the right employer and environment (I work from home so I can manage my own physical space) .

    So find out her strengths and passions, play to those, and perhaps use AI (sorry this may upset some people but actually its a great time saver) to seek suitable roles and sectors.  Theerafter its finding employers that don't just use tick-box disability friendly talk on their careers page, but actually have ND employees who back this up.  I hear soon they (employers)  may have to publish stats on this , so that transparency will be forced.

    Many of us here , me included have adult children that are ND, so understand your concerns.  I know its hard not to push, but if you can take the pressure off, and plants seeds of ideas, they will in their own time figure things out.  We NDs have a lot of strengths one of them is problem solving - so I expect your daughter will make her own path

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