Cool video! It'd have been good to have perhaps also touched on why so many autistic people are unemployed from the autistic person's perspective. My own experience of this for example is - ○ Forced overtime/being asked to suddenly work on days you'd previously had off (so there's no order or routine in your hours/rota) ○ Autistic burnout, tending to not fit in with other coworkers because your differences/weaknesses seem to invite aggression/ exclusion ○ Autistic burnout (I know I've already mentioned this but it's the big killer imo) ○ The torture of poor executive function and poor working memory coupled up with the need to please, not make a million mistakes and not annoy others (thus leading to shutdowns, meltdowns, lowered self esteem and lowered self efficacy ...and more burnout) ○ Rejection sensitive dysphoria ○ CPTSD meaning the second I step foot outside I don't feel safe anyway and I have a very dominant inner critic ○ Dissociative disorders such as dissociation, depersonalization and derealization (probably not spelling any of these right, sorry!). These all seem to make it impossible to keep my head out the clouds in order to just function for periods of time (and all work days seem to be several hours.) ○ I'm an insanely thorough perfectionist and as such take forever to do everything, employers don't like that I can't do anything quickly and as embarrassing as it is I can't seem to do anything about that. ○ I can't drive and honestly believe I'll never be able to, but also have a lot of fear of public transport and lack of understanding of public transport. The commutes alone are torture, that's if I'm even able to do the journey. ○ More comorbid issues a lot of autistic and ND people may have, in my case - Discalculia affecting so many aspects of my functioning, Body Dismorphic Disorder affecting leaving the house/self image etc etc (cripplingly debilitating disorder), OCD affecting well, everything. Health anxiety meaning I'm a nervous wreck that time of year when viruses start going around. I also suffer with emetophobia and cannot leave the house if I feel remotely unwell (all of which is unreliable and undesirable to employers). ADHD, sensory processing disorders and the torture of hiding them/battling against them to absorb and remember necessary information. Anxiety disorders and the inevitable depression of just trying to maintain a job/anything that involves people-ing on the regular. ○ Masking and the torture of doing that for hours, more than 1 day a week. Hiding your sheer amount of difficulties, traits and real personality. Desperately needing to 'pass as normal'. ○ The fact that having a job, for a lot of autistic people, means their social life is absolutely non-existent (or in my case, the ability to leave the house for anything else at all) because energy wise I can do one or the other and, honestly, the misery of all the above. I know I'm dealing with many more comorbid issues personally, but as I have 99 problems it's hard to remember them all 😅 I feel so much shame every day about my being out of work (because of how society views that), but I can't deny I'm also at my happiest, except for the fact that ofc money's a constant issue. I'm still in burnout and barely leave my home, all because I attempted to work and time and time again became near enough suicidal from just how difficult it all was to do and maintain. Two years ago I hit my breaking point whilst working for a large retail company and that started my crisis level of burnout that I'm still in. I'm sure other autistic and ND people might relate to that. Thankyou again for this video and good on you for taking the time to make your employers aware of discrimination!!!
This video is so well put. I’ve never been to an official interview before but I feel like if I just memorize these points you made then I’ll be a lot better off when I join the workforce! Thanks for making such great videos!
Underemployed autistic college graduate here. Just experienced overt workplace discrimination this evening and kind of struggling to process it. Just printed out and highlighted a bunch of EEOC stuff relevant to my situation as well as the relevant part of my diagnosis. Planning to go up the chain of command to get the accommodations I need. Also very thankful to have a coworker who is supporting me and willing to back me up.
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Cool video! It'd have been good to have perhaps also touched on why so many autistic people are unemployed from the autistic person's perspective. My own experience of this for example is -
○ Forced overtime/being asked to suddenly work on days you'd previously had off (so there's no order or routine in your hours/rota)
○ Autistic burnout, tending to not fit in with other coworkers because your differences/weaknesses seem to invite aggression/ exclusion
○ Autistic burnout (I know I've already mentioned this but it's the big killer imo)
○ The torture of poor executive function and poor working memory coupled up with the need to please, not make a million mistakes and not annoy others (thus leading to shutdowns, meltdowns, lowered self esteem and lowered self efficacy ...and more burnout)
○ Rejection sensitive dysphoria
○ CPTSD meaning the second I step foot outside I don't feel safe anyway and I have a very dominant inner critic
○ Dissociative disorders such as dissociation, depersonalization and derealization (probably not spelling any of these right, sorry!). These all seem to make it impossible to keep my head out the clouds in order to just function for periods of time (and all work days seem to be several hours.)
○ I'm an insanely thorough perfectionist and as such take forever to do everything, employers don't like that I can't do anything quickly and as embarrassing as it is I can't seem to do anything about that.
○ I can't drive and honestly believe I'll never be able to, but also have a lot of fear of public transport and lack of understanding of public transport. The commutes alone are torture, that's if I'm even able to do the journey.
○ More comorbid issues a lot of autistic and ND people may have, in my case - Discalculia affecting so many aspects of my functioning, Body Dismorphic Disorder affecting leaving the house/self image etc etc (cripplingly debilitating disorder), OCD affecting well, everything. Health anxiety meaning I'm a nervous wreck that time of year when viruses start going around. I also suffer with emetophobia and cannot leave the house if I feel remotely unwell (all of which is unreliable and undesirable to employers). ADHD, sensory processing disorders and the torture of hiding them/battling against them to absorb and remember necessary information. Anxiety disorders and the inevitable depression of just trying to maintain a job/anything that involves people-ing on the regular.
○ Masking and the torture of doing that for hours, more than 1 day a week. Hiding your sheer amount of difficulties, traits and real personality. Desperately needing to 'pass as normal'.
○ The fact that having a job, for a lot of autistic people, means their social life is absolutely non-existent (or in my case, the ability to leave the house for anything else at all) because energy wise I can do one or the other and, honestly, the misery of all the above.
I know I'm dealing with many more comorbid issues personally, but as I have 99 problems it's hard to remember them all 😅 I feel so much shame every day about my being out of work (because of how society views that), but I can't deny I'm also at my happiest, except for the fact that ofc money's a constant issue.
I'm still in burnout and barely leave my home, all because I attempted to work and time and time again became near enough suicidal from just how difficult it all was to do and maintain. Two years ago I hit my breaking point whilst working for a large retail company and that started my crisis level of burnout that I'm still in. I'm sure other autistic and ND people might relate to that.
Thankyou again for this video and good on you for taking the time to make your employers aware of discrimination!!!
All of this!! Thank you both for adding to the convo :)
This video is so well put. I’ve never been to an official interview before but I feel like if I just memorize these points you made then I’ll be a lot better off when I join the workforce! Thanks for making such great videos!
Underemployed autistic college graduate here. Just experienced overt workplace discrimination this evening and kind of struggling to process it. Just printed out and highlighted a bunch of EEOC stuff relevant to my situation as well as the relevant part of my diagnosis. Planning to go up the chain of command to get the accommodations I need. Also very thankful to have a coworker who is supporting me and willing to back me up.
Thank you for posting this video
I used to take people to task. Metal on metal. Now I’m too tired and just try to avoid people.