A pattern among employed and employable autistic people

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Please do not politicize THIS thread, too!

I hope you’re not talking to me

I was actually defending “top dogs.”

I wasn’t making “political commentary.”

Don’t talk to me like that. It’s not cool.

i apologize for tangentially mentioning the person who should not be mentioned.

Mona has some excellent ideas.

It’s always been a numbers game, and now more than ever.

In the mid-term, jobs will . . slowly . . come back as the U.S. economy recovers from the Covid recession. If you’re a friend from overseas, I figure the UK, Germany, Korea, etc, are similar. I just don’t know for sure.

In the longer term, I think Andrew Yang is largely correct, at least on the problem definition phrase. You may or may not agree with his proposed solution of a $1,000 a month universal income for each adult. But as far as the slow erosion of middle-income jobs, mainly due to automation, he has hit the nail right on the head.

If you’re trying, please keep trying.

I’m currently in a bit of a funk, at the age of 58. But I’m going to let it turn around. And I expect to find myself trying again, and probably in several different ways at the same time.

i suspect the heat death of the universe will occur before enough amuuuricans wake up to this fact.

I think it’s just people in general, that want to believe in the just world hypothesis.

I hope there is a cure to Autism/Asperger's so that socially awkward introverts can find a place within society instead of being socially excluded and made to feel like we are nothing. The  extroverts enjoyed their college years and live fulfilling lives and experience more job opportunities. The socially award introverts with Autism/Asperger's often lead unfulfilling lives with no friends and limited job opportunities. 

I quit College after 2 years of experiencing no friends, social isolation, loneliness that adversely impacted my grades. I was barely passing and not enjoying College and I quit. In hindsight I would never have gone to College to endure 2 of the worst years of my life. I am still looking for a job without any success. I envied the extroverts at College that lead easy lives and made friends easily.

Autism has prevented me from gaining employment and I hope there is a cure so millions of others do not have to endure social exclusion, boredom and loneliness that comes from being Autistic.

You can be physically capable of doing a job but because you have Autism, employers rarely give you a chance. I have two arms and two legs and I want to work. It has been many years since I graduated College. Hello employers out there I got Autism, two arms, two legs and I want to work. 

If you've met one Autistic, you've met one Autistic.

I was professionally diagnosed as being on the Spectrum with an additional observation that I also meet the criteria formally associated with Asperger's Syndrome. And my experience is different than yours...I do not want a cure.

Yes...there has been a lot of unhappiness, frustration, and social disappointment along the way. I'm happy now.

i look forward to the sheer relief from earthly worry, aka happiness, i'll experience in heaven.