Around 70% - 80% of autistic people are unemployed

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The statistic that 70% - 80% of autistic people are unemployed, does that mean they do not undertake any employment which includes voluntary work ?

The reliability of these claims are dubious, because the percentage of undiagnosed autistic people cannot be known.

True but it is a very high number .
It is a guess .
I am saying does unemployment mean not undertaking paid employment ?

I would guess that government officials would focus on paid employment, or self-employment. Although everyone pays taxes one way or another, working or not, governments tend to define "tax payers" as people with income sources that can be identified and taxed....

The actual number isn't important as it is much higher than the unemployment numbers for other groups of people.

According to recent national surveys in the United States, around 56% of people with Down syndrome are employed, with most holding part-time jobs, and only a small percentage working full-time