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How many with autism really want to work or are able to?

ClaireHig

Hi,

I just received an email from the national autistic society as many of you probably have also. It is asking us to sign a petition to put pressure on the government for us to get 'jobs we deserve'.

It claims:

But 77% of unemployed autistic adults, or people responding on their behalf, told us they want to work.


This got me thinking. How many of those responding were only doing so on behalf of those with autism, without stating how the autistic person really felt. For example if you ask my mother, she would say I do want to work. Stating I can & should want to work. She will then quote her Christian beliefs to say it's an order. But personally I don't wish to work because I know it leaves me suicidal etc, no matter how much support I were to have.

Obviously I'm not signing the petition. But it could still be signed by those such as my mother, on behalf of those with autism. Making it of benefit to the economy, but of little benefit to many with autism.

The state already tries to force us to work & refuses to acknowledge that many of us can't. It stops our benefit, leaving us with nothing to live on, pay bills with nor council tax (which many are now forced to pay). I view my council tax, as a tax on me having autism! All this seems against human rights & even migrants here don't have to tolerate this. This petition could give a very dangerous get out of jail free card to government, to do even worse.

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  • Hi,

    As working from home came in to fashion, technology advanced, which meant work could be resourced remotely on a global scale. This led to outsourcing this work to the lowest bidder, and India became a very big winner.

    One of the largest BT research labs is near me, and employs thousands of IT workers. I briefly landed some work there, and that was only from a personal recommendation of someone who already worked for them. BT used an agency to recruit, and jobs were not advertised in UK,  they were pursued in India with an office based there and big outsourcing organisations that were booming.

    Problem with outsourcing is lack of training, apply for job in UK and employers want someone with experience, even graduate positions. With the outsourcing in India, this was not the case. Unskilled employees would work alongside or remotely with experienced members, in the understanding that they would pick up the skills quickly, although the company outsourcing them were under the impression it was all skilled labour.

    Problem is a fair proportion of the unskilled employees had no interest in the career (it was the only thing available to them), or did not have the capability to gain the level of skill needed. Not to mention communication problems. This led to problems on project, and outsourcing has now gone out of fashion.

    That's a good thing for UK, as we simply just can't compete on price with some countries because the cost of living is very different.

    Sorry, a bit of a rant, but just putting my thoughts down. 

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  • Hi,

    As working from home came in to fashion, technology advanced, which meant work could be resourced remotely on a global scale. This led to outsourcing this work to the lowest bidder, and India became a very big winner.

    One of the largest BT research labs is near me, and employs thousands of IT workers. I briefly landed some work there, and that was only from a personal recommendation of someone who already worked for them. BT used an agency to recruit, and jobs were not advertised in UK,  they were pursued in India with an office based there and big outsourcing organisations that were booming.

    Problem with outsourcing is lack of training, apply for job in UK and employers want someone with experience, even graduate positions. With the outsourcing in India, this was not the case. Unskilled employees would work alongside or remotely with experienced members, in the understanding that they would pick up the skills quickly, although the company outsourcing them were under the impression it was all skilled labour.

    Problem is a fair proportion of the unskilled employees had no interest in the career (it was the only thing available to them), or did not have the capability to gain the level of skill needed. Not to mention communication problems. This led to problems on project, and outsourcing has now gone out of fashion.

    That's a good thing for UK, as we simply just can't compete on price with some countries because the cost of living is very different.

    Sorry, a bit of a rant, but just putting my thoughts down. 

    Random

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