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my wally world job is gone. i tried getting my counselor to request accommodations that i needed and they just ignored it and let me off the hook.

Girlwithaspergers;

I think I told you one time previously that you remind me a lot of my daughter, and many things you've said here on WP has helped me understand her. She got fired from wally world too, mostly because rude customers would call her ret*d and she would say something back. She has more of a factory job now where you don't interact with customers.

I'm sorry your counselor left you hanging, if you really liked that place, sometimes you can reapply after you've been away 6 months. I'm not sure if you could have something from your counselor then. Maybe others here on WP can offer advice about telling an employer about one's DX.

I don't think Its your fault. I also started out at Walmart as my first job when I left college.
I only stayed about 4 weeks before I left. I just couldn't deal with it I hated interacting with customers and constantly messed up my supervisors orders. I'm really good at this thing where my boss explains directions to me and I say yes yes and nod my head only to realize when my boss walks away I have no idea what they just said.
But anyways since then I have been working a warehouse job for the past 2 years. I don't love it but I don't have to deal with customers and there is no dress code.
Maybe the job just wasn't a good fit for you I wouldn't take it too hard.

As kraftie and a few others keep saying, go back to school. In this economy, a degree is probably your only shot at getting a job that doesn't completely suck. It's going to be this way next year too, and in 10 years, so your life really hinges on your education. Employers generally see you as a human resource, and they'll only deploy that resource (keep you in your job) as long as you're going to add more value than what you cost. As a Walmart greeter, you weren't adding enough value to justify the accommodations you wanted, so it made no sense to keep you. The picture would look very different if you were an expert at something valuable, like taxes or SAP or AutoCAD or commercial law, etc.

Sorry to hear that.Why not contact with hr?

Within a retail/fast food/low wage environment, most managers/HR's will just laugh if one requests "accommodations."

Once you get into the white-collar world, the chances that one receives accommodations (and respect) rises. Even if you're a low-level "contributor" in an office, you're treated with much more respect than within retail/fast food/even call center environments.

To get into the "white-collar" sector, one usually has to have at least some college.

Accommodations, beyond bare-bones minimum required by the ADA, are more likely to be provided if you (1) request them and (2) have skills that make accommodating you easier/cheaper than replacing you.

I asked for and received no staff (I loathe supervising minions), not to have anything to do with certain files and 9 mos paid maternity leave. There are only a handful of people who do a particular type of analysis and it'd take way longer than 9 mos to hire/train a replacement.

Are you in the UK, Cate?

In countries other than the US, accommodations for disabilities tend to be easier to come by.

Since when does a person get fired for being ret*d?

She wasn't fired for being disabled, that would be illegal.

She was fired for reasons which were untrue, so management was able to rid themselves of someone that was different and possibly an slight inconvenience to them.

She has to prove that she was fired for her disabilities.
Though she can file with the EEOC (if she lives in the U.S.) for wrongful termination and possibly win a legal judgement.
This will cause an investigation to determine the root cause.

She can also sue in civil court because her rights were violated.

That's harassment problems. Jeez this working world is messed up.

That's generally true, but my social worker told me that there are certain blue collar workers that get paid far more than white collar workers.

Girlwithaspergers, I suggest you do some research into which skills are in demand before you go back to school. You don't want to end up like the millions of graduates who end up back in retail.

You would have to be skilled in a trade (e.g., plumbing) in order to be a blue-collar worker who makes a substantial salary.

People also get fired for being the wrong race, religion or gender. You were clearly treated unfairly.

I agree with the other posters. Please consider a 2- or 4- year college, even if it's online. There are many more opportunities and things are much easier.

My dad is a plumber and he makes 130,000 dollars a year. He is also a fireman. No college whatsoever.

Do you think your dad would be willing to teach you the family trade? I mean no disrespect to college but if you go there's a chance you won't find work in your field of study. There's a chance you won't find work in your field of study and also have a massive debt you can't afford to make payments on while some social darwinist accuses you of stealing his money (yes, I've gotten into arguments with those people. How do they expect someone with no money to make payments?)

If your dad taught you his trade and you made his money, you'd be richer than anyone else on thread, myself included.