Its not fair

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Im not looking for a job right now. Which is good because when I thought I had to work I went psychotic. Thats because the minimum wage jobs I did work at were not very autism friendly. Im proud that I did accomplish a few months at a few jobs I worked at. But I never want to do that again. It was so hard. The working world seems geared towards a certain type of tough person.

If I worked again it would have to be some sort of program for disabled people. For example when I worked at Mcdonalds there were two people doing easy jobs. One girl only washed windows. She said she was in a car accident that caused brain damage. The other girl only seemed to put fries together. Those are two jobs I could handle. I could only handle simple jobs like that.

Im terrified that if and when I end up in a group home, they will pressure me to work. Even the simplest jobs I would have trouble with. I would struggle with being ready on time in the morning. I really do hate work.

Not everyone can do "easy" jobs well. A lot of people get bored at repetitive jobs and then do them poorly.

I agree with you. Because of my education i'm expected to do office type jobs and i'm really bad at them. I wish there were simple, step-by-step jobs for people like us.

Be careful what you call unfair. Others may decide programs for the disabled, or anything at all subsidized with taxpayer money, are unfair, and cut them off. The natural thing for any group of social animals to do is to get rid of members too weak to pull their own weight. I began to understand this very late in my life, and it's ever since troubled me, because there's no way to make up for the time I wasted not doing my best to prepare myself for a world which should be rightly expected to be cut-throat. Bullying exists for a very good reason. No matter what I do, I know I'm living on borrowed time and by all rights should have been dead for at least fifteen years. I'm having a lot of trouble deciding to do anything this way, so I continue to waste time and worsen my situation, but the one thing I know is that I'd better be very grateful for the opportunities I've been given, even if most people I grew up around had more and better ones, be very respectful and humble with those who, unlike me, actually have any business being alive, and take as little for granted as possible—preferably nothing.

Fast food is a pretty fast-paced, stressful, stinky, greasy job. You might want to look for something that's slower and repetitive, like a factory assembly job, something like that.

Lots of people where I work aren't "tough". Some people just stand around and fold cardboard boxes all day, or put stickers on things.

Where do you work?

A lot of people are in group homes because they have serious issues & I'd imagine those issues could easily prevent someone from working or from working most types of jobs. I don't think a group home would force you to work. I think some of them are funded by your SSI & Social Security income like how nursing homes are.

Oh please.........look at corporate America. That doesn't pull it's own weight. It gets subsidies and bailouts.

Im pretty sure you can get into group homes for free in Canada. Not sure if Ill ever get into a group home. Its just I cant picture living in this dingy little room in a bording house for the rest of my life. Ill never be able to work so this sadly looks like my only option. It is depressing because I want to live in a house on the country side!

Doesn't Tim Horton's have some kind of work program for people with disabilities?

There seems to be a Tim Horton's on every corner in Canada LOL