Still Searching for Employment in the UK: An Autism Job Dilemma
We received the following email recently. Anyone in the UK or Europe… do you have any suggestions or advice for “Still Searching”? Please send me an email or add a comment! Thank you!
“I am a 48 year old adult autistic in the UK.
I really need to work from home because of inability to interact with a workforce and lack of speed at working. I also cannot use a computer and have to be assisted so IT jobs are out.
The only other kind of jobs offered by any disability organisation is factory work, which I can’t do because of lack of speed and I can’t interact which will also stop me from working as a counter assistant in a fast food place which is the only other option for the disabled.
Does anybody know of any other kinds of jobs which can be accessed by a person my age and disabilities and is there an advocate who can be paid to explain the disabilities to employers and hopefully look for a suitable job if any?
If you know of anywhere in the world which will do this and contact me, please tell me. I have looked in the UK for 10 years, please do not tell me to go to the NAS or the JobCentre.”
Thank you again for any suggestions or ideas you can offer to “Still Searching”!
- Barbara
