Aspies For Freedom

Entry level positions.   These were all I could get.  I usually would get hired, get some low pay and get "laid off" after a few months or one year.  They would tell me it just wasn't working out or they were "down sizing."   I would sometimes quit if I got too stressed out.  I never working anywhere for longer than 1 1/2 yrs.  

I used to get told that someone more qualified was hired even when I was grossly overqualified for the position.   Then I would find out that the better qualification was that they were friends of someone who worked there.   I can not ask friends to help me get a job because I have very few friends.  I even have trouble getting personal references.  

I would just like an entry level position and just stay there.  Usually the problems start when someone decides that I can handle more and more work.  But usually the problem is that I do get along with others or "misunderstand" something and disaster occurs.  

Has anyone had any success using a "disability" sponsored work program that supplies a job coach or other accommodation?

Hi M, I haven't been slotted into one of those courses yet. But today I registered at the employment assistance office as a "Person with Multiple Barriers to Employment" as the first step to become registered as a "Person with Disability".  I had to explain what Asperger's is to the office clerk. I did not bring my medical papers with me, as I didn't want to show the office clerk the statement that the GP has written in big letters on my disability package, "Aspergers! Has NO Empathy!"  

If they just try to slot me into a job in some sort of sheltered environment wrapping chocolates or stuffing envelopes they will soon find out that I am useless at that too. I told the woman that if they want to give me support into employment it will have to be very customized because of my LD and other difficulties.

I hope that they decide to leave me to my own devices to work with the strengths that I do have.

It is difficult to know what I want to do and what you can do.  I would like some very simple routine job where I work alone.  I like computers but I hate having to answer phones, deal with interruptions.  I have worked doing complicated microbiological and chemical procedures.  The problems I mostly have are with other workers and bosses.