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Autism and work

pinkchocoholic

I read somewhere that there's about 22% of adults with autism in work.

That made me wonder about how people with autism not in work cope with paying bills and housing etc  Surely there's more than 22% of autistic people that are able to work

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  • The some what scarier statistic for me from the Buckland report was the graduate employment gap for autistic adults. Because you can to some point accept that this will filter some of the really high support needs, and yet they are twice as likely as their non-disabled peers to be unemployed 15 months from graduation, only 36% in work, and are much more likely to  be very overqualified for their role. 

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  • The some what scarier statistic for me from the Buckland report was the graduate employment gap for autistic adults. Because you can to some point accept that this will filter some of the really high support needs, and yet they are twice as likely as their non-disabled peers to be unemployed 15 months from graduation, only 36% in work, and are much more likely to  be very overqualified for their role. 

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