Are people with aspergers/autism 'scroungers' ?

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My blood boils when I feel people with asperger's syndrome or autism who out of work and on benefits to get back to work are still being criticised by some people as 'scroungers' and are 'people getting something for nothing' even though they are trying to look for work and have not always been successful or depending on the severity of the condition they can't work because it hinders them from doing so.

Yeah, I'm out of work and on benefits. I am looking for work. I might take a job skills course.

I've never seen people on benefits as scroungers, even before I was on benefits. It's just something that some people need.

An objection that a lot of people seem to have to those receiving financial assistance is that they're getting rich off it, or cheating the system so that they get more money than they're entitled to. I guess this could theoretically happen, but the huge majority of people on benefits are not "cheaters" or undeserving, and certainly not rich.

I think as long as people are willing to work hard at wherever they're at in life, that's fine. Not everyone gets dealt the same hand. You don't control your circumstances but you do control your attitude.

I was born with lots of physical & mental disabilities in addition to my Aspergers that make finding & maintaining employment very difficult. I have worked 3 different jobs & worked about 38 months total. I was a workaholic when I was working(working longer hours & coming in on my off days) so I resented people especially the conservatives who want to cut benefits, thinking that I'm a lazy leach sucking on the teat of the hard-working American taxpayer.

According to the closest person I have for a mentor, she said something in the lines (and translations) of;

"The wellbeing of the disabled isn't (seen) as a worthy investment. The (benefits) doesn't give anything back in return, and it isn't a (necessary requirement to keep livelihood going). So (some?people) would think it's unfair, and it's a waste of resources."

This is her take on what the government and what people may think.


I think it's not just autistics, but just about any disability there is.
No surprises if people pointed fingers on the family or caretaker instead of the disabled relative or ward.

Maybe even some humanitarian yet unnecessary stuff (half of it is run on the concept of pity), considering that I come from a poor country.


From where I live, many people couldn't get a job -- and it's not because they're disabled or lazy, even achieving higher education and migrating didn't saved them from being unemployed or underemployed without any form of benefits.

If a country like the US complains about those stuff, then a country like mine would've... Hmm, I dunno the right term for it, but it could be worse. Corruption is already bad here as it is for decades now, and I'm getting offtopic if I go any further.

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AS is an "invisible disability" - if people make accommodations for us, they have to do the same for NTs who are just slacking off. Even asking for medical appointments timed so I could keep them without great distress seems to have gotten me labelled as dishonest, so I can't really use my free medical here. One nurse asked if I had a counselor to help me get over it, and then went ahead with the abuse. Counseling didn't help.

I thought this was about scrounging things - I do manage to live cheaply, and get my appliances, etc. by fixing cast-offs. Don't be ashamed of accepting government charity. The system runs better without trying to get everyone involved in guiding the machines that really do the work, and produce plenty for everyone.