Autism and employment

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I was curious what percentage of people on this board are employed either full or part time.

I am employed full time. I began working before I knew about Asperger's and that I had it.

I am employed full time as an admin for a software company.

I am retired and a voluntary worker. In your two choice poll, I don't know if that counts.

I work part time. I used to work close to full time and then full time in the past.

I am officially retired now. I worked full time jobs for about six years total, and had two or three more years of self employment with a store front, but was mostly self-employed. Sometimes at a frantic pace, but usually part-time, and sometimes more as a contract employee.

Currently self-employed, working part time hours. But I also have an interview coming up for a work from home job. The plan is to do three different types of work, all alongside one another to diversify my income, if I get through the interview.

i was employed from late july last year to early december. i was a dishwasher at a beer garden downtown. made $11/hr. i left to go globetrotting, i gave my two weeks notice, unlike all the others who left apparently, and left gracefully and on good terms. not that i'd want to go back there, i'm grateful for the work experience, skills gained and connections made, but not so much for the scars it left on my fingertips.

my ASD was not a problem there. i hardly, if ever, interacted with others in the dish pit besides the line cooks i quickly got familiar with, in fact it might have been an asset. having autism is most certainly not a negative all the time, in being able to keep a job. compared to the other dishwashers who quickly left or were fired due to temper and dissatisfaction, my relative calmness and invented "dish zen" helped me stay longer than anyone else in my position, there.

the sinks were my dojo......

Yes, although I've had over 20 jobs and have been made redundant 6 timers in a row. I'm a bit of an AS cliché as I'm a software tester

I've been working for 36 1/2 years on the same clerical job.

I've worked a few short-term jobs at various points in my life, but I'm unemployed as of now.

I'm on disability. I'm honestly not sure what I *could* do for a living that wouldn't drive me to the point of insanity.

Part-time, but for very few hours a week. It's the first job I've ever been able to hold down for more than a few months.

I used to work a variety of part-time jobs in retail and food service. I now work from home and I like it so much more.