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Brainstorming session please to help a person age 36 find a suitable job who suffers from Aspergers syndrome?

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He cannot work a regular job as sleep pattern is erratic so when he is meant to sleep he can't but when he is not supposed to sleep he feels really tired. Very talented in computer engineering but feels not worthy to charge for work as not qualified. Very talented electrician but again not qualified nor feels worthy to take an exam. Wears scruffy clothes all the time with new ones sitting in his drawers unworn as he feels it is a waste to use them. Yes he has no self worth but will not see anyone about it. When ill will not seek any medical attention.
He is the loveliest and kindest person in the world so I would like to help him to help himself to earn a living. At the moment his parents help him out as he will not sign on as unemployed for all the above reasons and because of his aspergers syndrome.
What do you suggest he could do for a fee paying job please?

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Take my advice with the biggest pinch of salt you can. Because I have no experience whatsoever with people who suffer from autism or Aspergers syndrome. But your question really touched me, so I did a bit of digging.

First, remember that many people with Aspergers go on to gain sustainable and successful employment. It is estimated that there are about 332,600 people of working age in the UK with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), and of this number an estimated 259,506 are thought to be of average or above average intelligence.

A good starting point is to support the individual to find out as much as possible about the job they want to do prior to making applications. If for example, the person has expressed an interest in becoming a hairdresser, encourage them to observe a hairdresser at work and make notes about all the tasks that they are expected to perform. It鈥檚 not unusual for the individual to 鈥榙iscover鈥?very quickly that there are aspects of the job that they could never do. This can be a painful process and having to abandon a career option will almost certainly cause distress to the individual.

In addition to making enquiries with the Disability Employment Advisor, it is worth doing your own research to find out if other organisations, like local charities and colleges run employment courses.

I wish you and your friend the very best of luck. Source(s): 鈥?Useful contacts and addresses
Berkshire Autistic Society 鈥楽upport Into Employment Project鈥?13 Boult Street,
Reading, RG1 4RD
Tel: 0118 9590247
National Autistic Society 393 City Road
London, EC1V 1NG
Tel: 020 7833 2299
NAS 鈥楶rospects鈥?London Studio 8, The Ivories,
6-8 Northampton street,
London N1 2HY
Tel: 020 7704 7450
鈥?Employment related publications
Meyer R.N 2001. Asperger Syndrome Employment Workbook. Jessica Kingsley.
London.
Datlow-Smith M. et al 2000. A guide to Successful Employment for Individuals with
Autism. P H Brookes. Baltimore
DFEE. Disability Discrimination Act 1995- a guide for everybody DL160 (Revised)

And, if you have read this far, you might also want to take a look at these two, brilliant resources:

http://www.autismberkshire.org.uk/pdf%20...

http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.j...

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How about starting out something small and part-time ?

How about being a tutor for kids ? He must be good at math and the science.

Once he gets some money coming in, he will feel better.

There are consulting jobs that are flexible with work hours. Only if he start looking.

There is even ebay job. May be he can start assembling computer and put it up for sale in ebay or local newspaper.
if he has this syndrome would he not get sickness benefit? no need to sign at the dole office every week
MAYBE HE COULD DO SLEEP STUDIES FOR MONEY
my sister has aspergers, which as you know can be very complicated, it also varries from person to person...my sister goes to college full time and is able to function quite well in society, although she has the symptoms, she only has 3 outfits that she likes to wear,ocd, sometimes she is socially awkward or inapropriate...but she can still function...in your friends case it seems a little more difficult for him...he has to want to function in society to a degree...attitude plays a part...my sis has accepted aspergers and does not let it hold her back...your friend might have to collect unemployment or disability...it does not seem like he wants to work, sounds like hes making excuses, but i dont know the severity of his aspergers....his attitude about it def plays a big part in the whole picture tho...
my sister has aspergers...