Please take a few minutes to complete my short, 10-question online survey about autism at work. Thanks.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QDPVHZX

Is this survey cleared with Gareth or Nu? If not I suggest asking them.

Could you explain please? (ie. Who are Gareth and Nu, and what/why should I ask them?)

Gareth owns the site. Nu is an administrator. There is a rule that you cannot conduct research on AFF without getting their permission.

Just PM either one (Gareth will probably be your best bet for a time). Here's their profiles. You can PM them from there.

Gareth

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By the way, Nu actually spells his name as ῦ, which is the Greek letter Nu.

OK, didn't know. Have asked now. Thanks.

I now have permission from Gareth for this survey. Thanks, and apologies for not realising I had to answer in advance.

Done. Nice survey.

Thank you. The results are going to be very helpful in developing trade union action for autistic members.

Now I'm interested whether the trade unions round here have some offers for autistics ... we'll see.

I did not do the survey because I do not have a job - not for a long time.

I could check off several items on the lists but I will tell you the most important issues - what concerned me most was the bullying particularly when it had to do with safety issues and policies.  I have had this happen to me in the past.  Often policies about work rules and safety issues were never covered in training.  Actually I had several jobs where the training was to shadow another worker for 2 days and they would informally cover some information - but it was too much -  overload.

The problem with the safety issues would be that people would tell me to do activities that were unsafe - and they knew that it was unsafe.  If they were being sarcastic - I could not tell.  Actually it is against the law to do this where I live but I find that complaints are rarely investigated and workplaces are only investigated when there is a death or serious injury.  

What I really often need is a guardian angel who will mentor me for longer than two days on the job.  I would rather work with someone who is going to protect me.  I never let anyone have an injury around me at work - even if they got angry at me.