A recent study showed that 88 percent of people with aspergers syndrome were unemployed. Unfortunately I am one of those 88 percent.
I decided to make this blog to keep a record of my search for work - and hopefully my experiences of being employed while having aspergers syndrome. Currently I am 25 years old. As a child I was so independent that I was set on moving out into a house of my own at 16. Living at home was too stressful.
Of course this didn't happen, but after spending three years on my own getting a degree I failed to get a job despite applying before graduating. A blow, but not a huge one. It was a bad time to graduate in economic terms. I moved back home at 22, where I still am today.
I applied for countless jobs (I made it to 100 even before graduating, and then just stopped counting). The most I got was some interviews. After spending six months at home sure that soon I would get employment I had to give up my stubborn ways and go on job seekers allowance. Except for a brief six month contract (which was the only job I didn't interview for) I have been on job seekers ever since.
Some days I think that this will be it for life. I have no doubt that I can work, but I have major doubts over whether anyone will let me work. Yet, I don't qualify for disability either. It seems part of society thinks I can work, and the part that is dishing out jobs disagrees.
I am currently at 25 years old dependent on my mother for shelter and food. This is a stressful situation for both of us. Some days I even hate her a little for how she makes me feel, but I am stuck here, and she is stuck with me. I wish there were another option.
For now I'm off to fill out more application forms.
