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@autism101@mstdn.socialThe autistic community is vastly underemployed, and even if you are fortunate enough to find work, there be dragons.
Disclosing your disability doesn’t always end well. Instead of getting reasonable accommodations, you might get let go…for “reasons”.
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#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic
@autism101 @actuallyautistic "Disclosing your disability doesn’t always end well." is a HARSH euphemism.
IRL: If you bother to disclose ANY kind of disability, or even dare to mention it somewhere in your CV, its a next to 100% guarantee to NEVER get a job, to lose your current one ASAP .. or "worse", to be permanently discriminated* and harassed.
*discriminated is such a nice word, one can get away with anything. just call it what it is: racism / ableism.
@ginsterbusch @autism101 @actuallyautistic
Not discounting your own personal lived experience here.
However, I disclosed my autism (once I knew I was) at all subsequent interviews and have been fairly successful in getting work.
however I was lucky in that I had a fairly impressive CV accrued prior to my diagnosis. So perhaps that's more of an issue.
Perhaps getting on the bottom rung is harder/impossible. I "cheated" I guess by playing an NT for 45 years first !
@PeteLittle1970 @autism101 @actuallyautistic Actually YOU ARE discounting it.
@ginsterbusch @autism101 @actuallyautistic respectfully that wasn't my intention.
You said "next to 100% guarantee to NEVER get a job". But I accept different disabilities may be more "acceptable" to employees. (which is SO SO Wrong IMHO)
Apologies if you thought I was trying to diminish your experience. Wasn't my intention. The enforced brevity of such social media often means i'm not so efficient with my words to portray my ideas.
again I didn't mean to offend. Sorry.
@ScottSoCal@computerfairi.esI'm not "out" at work - well, they know I'm gay, they just don't know about the autism. I don't know how they'd react, but my particular set of quirks works to their benefit, so they could be fine. They also might have a problem with it. Unless/until there's a reason for them to know, I don't think I'm under any obligation to tell them.
@ScottSoCal @PeteLittle1970 @ginsterbusch @autism101 @actuallyautistic I feel more comfortable with my gay identity than my autism. I'm not really out of the closet at work but I'm willing to share my preference if asked...not so much with my other secret.