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i am the parent of a 23yr old son with aspergers. he is currently seeing a disability employment advisor but is soon being passed on yet again to someone else to supposedly help him find employment. this has been the case for the last 12months. i feel like we are getting no where fast. has anyone out there got any ideas?

Where are you from?

alot depends on his ability level~ i teach youth on the spectrum, and unfortunately have found that many do not qualify for a heap of services....

we live in cumbria, england. he did have a job refurbishing computers for a small company this work was with a support worker, but when the funding ran out and the support stopped he had no one to motivate him so he didnt manage to do the work. his employer had to let him go. he has since been unemployed and wants a similar job, but to get the exact job he wants is going to be difficult. communication is his biggest problem. he is very clever, a genious with numbers, a wizz on computers and has spent time at college doing computer courses. he does have a lot to offer any future employer.

Hi,

I'm an aspie working in the future development section of GE healthcare (way out R&D) and my first job was at NASA

About half the people I manage are on the spectrum. In general R&D departments are great places for Aspies. The good things my bosses have to say about us are: that we think differently and more deeply about stuff than anyone else they know; don't give them a problem unless you want it solved; as for out of the box ideas - they don't even know where they left the stupid box.

By the way if you or anyone in your family have had surgery, an MRI, or ultrasound in the past 10 years - odds are an aspie helped design the equipment.

I think Cambridge has a very good special ed group for asperger's students. Has your son tried going there?