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Support to find 19 year old work

Asdmum_666

Good afternoon.

I’m new to this and hoping someone can help me because I’m at a loss. My son is 19 and has autism. He can interact with others and has developed good coping mechanisms. I’ve spent most of his life handling everything myself and not really accepting support. Now I’m at an impasse as we try to get him into work, but nowhere seems willing to take him on. He passed his GCSEs and a Level 2 course at college. He clearly needs extra support and doesn’t always understand things the first time, but companies these days don’t seem to want to bother. I need him to be able to live independently. I’m feeling so overwhelmed and upset with myself that I can’t make it happen for him like others his age. I feel like I’m failing him.

Getting a job is literally the last step we need to take.

Any advice or any links to places you know may be able to help us would be brilliant. 

If you have read this far thank you 

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  • Please don’t take it personally (you or your son). Getting a job is hard and demoralising for many people so any additional barriers will potentially make it harder and take longer. There are some good employers out there who are becoming more aware about reasonable adjustments and autistic strengths but  you might need to be quite selective when looking at companies. Our local council offer employment services for young people not in employment, education or training, including additional support if needed for autistic individuals so there might be something similar in your area. Autistica.org.uk also do a lot of work in this field, working with employers and individuals so you might find something helpful on their website. Good luck

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  • Please don’t take it personally (you or your son). Getting a job is hard and demoralising for many people so any additional barriers will potentially make it harder and take longer. There are some good employers out there who are becoming more aware about reasonable adjustments and autistic strengths but  you might need to be quite selective when looking at companies. Our local council offer employment services for young people not in employment, education or training, including additional support if needed for autistic individuals so there might be something similar in your area. Autistica.org.uk also do a lot of work in this field, working with employers and individuals so you might find something helpful on their website. Good luck

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