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I actually FINALLY have a job!

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After many years of being told I cannot work, even missing out on the opportunity at 16 to do work experience, I actually have a job. Admittly, it may not be the most glamorous, or well paying job, but it is a job. Saturday's 10pm-3am at a nightclub. Not bad if you ask me, considering I have sleeping diffculties, should be a breeze. One issue. Should I, or should I not tell them I have high functioning autism? 

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  • I remember working in a night-club briefly when I was your age.

    You need to be cautious to keep yourself safe, I have aspergers, and my difficulty in reading emotions did add risk to me being involved in dangerous situation.

    I was clearing up glasses one night, and occaisionally drinks were served in cans. Problem with those, is you don't really know if they are empty by looking at them. So I just pick them up and sway them in my hand to get a feel if they are empty.

    One guy from a group of lads took offence to me picking his can up, they were practically empty with a whole load of empty glasses around them.

    Suddenly, I was confronted with the large bloke, with an empty glass in his other hand, with his had extended ready to drive it in to my face. I don't know what I did, but I managed to get him to back down.

    I just avoided them through the evening, afterwards, I should have let the bouncers know, but did not really comprehend what had happened until afterwards.

    Anyway, I am really please for you, and sorry to put a bit of a downer, but something I felt I needed to share with you, so you are aware

    I am diagnosed aspergers, so don't know if this would be different for you with hfa. 

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  • I remember working in a night-club briefly when I was your age.

    You need to be cautious to keep yourself safe, I have aspergers, and my difficulty in reading emotions did add risk to me being involved in dangerous situation.

    I was clearing up glasses one night, and occaisionally drinks were served in cans. Problem with those, is you don't really know if they are empty by looking at them. So I just pick them up and sway them in my hand to get a feel if they are empty.

    One guy from a group of lads took offence to me picking his can up, they were practically empty with a whole load of empty glasses around them.

    Suddenly, I was confronted with the large bloke, with an empty glass in his other hand, with his had extended ready to drive it in to my face. I don't know what I did, but I managed to get him to back down.

    I just avoided them through the evening, afterwards, I should have let the bouncers know, but did not really comprehend what had happened until afterwards.

    Anyway, I am really please for you, and sorry to put a bit of a downer, but something I felt I needed to share with you, so you are aware

    I am diagnosed aspergers, so don't know if this would be different for you with hfa. 

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