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As Long As There Is Ignorance, Stigmas etc Autistic Adults Will Remain Unemployed

thevarietyartistPosted for Everyone to comment on, 4 years ago4 min read

It's no lie that 85% of autistic adults are unemployed. Everyone thinks the solution is more programs for us. Which is true. We need more programs that help people with autism. You can have all the programs in the world, all of the job training in the world. If you don't break the stigma and ignorance, autistic adults will remain unemployed. That is what keep us unemployed. We can be qualified to the tee, but our autism behaviors being mistaken as not being interested in the job, training won't fix that.
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Like when I went through that program that I thought would help me. They can talk about job interviews until the cows come home. If employers turn me away because of my autism or don't want to make small adjustments so I can do the job better, that program is useless. What I am saying is, we need programs to break the stigma and ignorance. Plenty of adults with autism are well qualified for the jobs they want, they may need a small adjustment to help them not get overwhelmed and stressed. Maybe create a program and require employers to do it to keep their jobs.
I am basically saying is unless the programs you propose will stop the stigma and arrogance from employers, programs won't do much to help us.

This way they can learn more about autism and the proper adjustment they can make. Have the employer pass an exam to keep his/her job. They cannot be an employer without passing the exam. Like you need a license to drive a car, you have to take an exam (written and road) to get your license, right? Having programs like this makes it seem like it's the aspie for why they can't land or keep a job but it's the stigma and ignorance of employers. or the setting of the job is too overstimulating.

Stop turning people away because they don't have experience. That's why you TRAIN. Why have training if you're going to just write people off because of their experience?
I would love to start something like this. It would apply to my state, however, if others join suit this can be statewide and eventually worldwide. If I had a chance to change something in my state this would be my proposal, require employers, cops, etc to take a course on autism and mental health and pass an exam to keep their job.

Point is. We can have all of the job training in the world. If employers won't give us a chance then there is no point.
We still need to fix the poor treatment of autistic kids by teachers. Say the system to require employers to pas an exam of some sort is a success, eventually migrate it to teachers, cops, EMTs also having to take a course and passing an exam. Autistic folks should not have to be treated as subhuman for something they didn't ask for. We didn't have a choice, but you have a choice to not be an asshole.

If this was Survivor the Nts would lose because they are eliminating the wrong threats. Autistic people should not be a threat to you, but a murderer or a thief should be.

I am aware someone has talked about unemployment among autistic adults. I wanted to create a movement to make programmers aware and maybe talk them into giving us a job on their team since no one else will. Even if it's testing something and giving feedback.
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Instead of proposing programs, also propose a system to stop the stigma.

Posted to my blogger blog: https://www.theaspieblogger.tk/2019/12/as-long-as-there-is-ignorance-stigmas.html

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