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Do you work?

Daydreamer

I've heard before that a lot of people with autism don't work. Some do part time or volunteer but working full time 5 days a week can be overwhelming.

I don't work. It's annoying because I really want to and a friend has managed to get me in somewhere and I did a days work there, totally nailed it and then after work I had a massive meltdown, and then another the same night and was hit by fatigue the next day that left me bed ridden.

But I would still like to work full time as it would be a way of keeping busy and escaping my anxiety but the pressure it puts on me is difficult to avoid. I'm still thinking about how to get around that.

They reckon ideal jobs for people with autism is in libraries and working with computers. The job I tried was working with children.

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  • I haven't in quite a while. Back then it was getting jobs that was difficult, since interviews are such a huge part and even if I can do the job well they're going to go with someone who really impresses them in the interview (and it takes me a while being around people before I can get comfortable enough to seem normal). The last job I had was just admin stuff and I dealt okay. I like sorting things and coming up with systems to do it better. My anxiety got real bad several years ago and I don't know when I'll feel okay to try to work again. 

    I think the days of librarian being perfect for autistic people are probably over. Nowadays that involves a lot more dealing with people and organising groups for communities and not so much just the book stuff. If I could have a job that was just organising library books and keeping things in their proper place that would be ideal for me. 

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  • I haven't in quite a while. Back then it was getting jobs that was difficult, since interviews are such a huge part and even if I can do the job well they're going to go with someone who really impresses them in the interview (and it takes me a while being around people before I can get comfortable enough to seem normal). The last job I had was just admin stuff and I dealt okay. I like sorting things and coming up with systems to do it better. My anxiety got real bad several years ago and I don't know when I'll feel okay to try to work again. 

    I think the days of librarian being perfect for autistic people are probably over. Nowadays that involves a lot more dealing with people and organising groups for communities and not so much just the book stuff. If I could have a job that was just organising library books and keeping things in their proper place that would be ideal for me. 

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  • in reply to T

    I'm so sorry about your anxiety. Anxiety is much more debilitating than a lot of people know, it can stop you doing so much! I haven't been shopping in town because of anxiety for over a month now. I hope yours lifts soon and then you can do the things you want to. 

    Take it one day at a time.

    I haven't actually been in a library for years. I live in a small rural village and we had a library which I visited when I was little but it was closed several years back and then some teenagers set it on fire. It's really hard finding an ideal job when you're autistic, and then getting through the interview is a whole new level of hard.