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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 work as a domestic cleaner but I'm coming up to retirement age now. All of my life I've known that I'm capable of doing much "better" jobs but never quite understood why I've chosen to do such an undemanding job. With better self awareness and understanding I self diagnosed earlier this year so now my choices make more sense. My jobs usually involve working alone. At most of my jobs I get a small amount of social input which suits me. If a particular job is too much for me I can leave and it doesn't completely wreck my income as I have other work settings to go to on other days. 

  • in reply to Inula

    I hope you've found a lot of reassurance in your self diagnosis. I'm glad you did a job that was well suited to you, it sounds ideal actually. I was diagnosed with autism recently and have found it to be so reassuring and positive.

  • in reply to Daydreamer

    Thank you Daydreamer - yes I've felt relief with my self diagnosis - to be able to understand why I am how I am. It's also so nice to be accepted by the community when you self diagnose. All my life I've felt I'm very much a failure because I've fallen into a very mundane low paid job when I know that I'm smarter than my job suggests so realising the reason why is a good thing . I have got a private appointment for an assessment lined up in a few weeks time. I am getting nervous about that in case the assessment suggests I'm not autistic. I suppose I should worry about that if and when it happensMask

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  • in reply to Daydreamer

    Thank you Daydreamer - yes I've felt relief with my self diagnosis - to be able to understand why I am how I am. It's also so nice to be accepted by the community when you self diagnose. All my life I've felt I'm very much a failure because I've fallen into a very mundane low paid job when I know that I'm smarter than my job suggests so realising the reason why is a good thing . I have got a private appointment for an assessment lined up in a few weeks time. I am getting nervous about that in case the assessment suggests I'm not autistic. I suppose I should worry about that if and when it happensMask

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