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What I'd like to know is, when you say that "You should go to your states BVR to get diagnosed," what can they diagnose someone with or what is the process. Can they diagnose for someone or help someone get a diagnosis of Asperger's? I'd just really like to know because I have no way of knowing how to be tested or diagnosed for it & if BVR can help me do that, that would be great.[/quote]
Yes, this is how I was diagnosed last year. They sent to psychologist-neurologist who found out that I had AS.
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Thing is, disability legislation doesn't protect ASDs as well as most disabilities, when it comes to employment. If a job, at any point in the job description says that it requires "Excellent Interpersonal and Communication Skills", then they can legally screen out anyone who they believe to be lacking in that area. ASDs are often first on the 'chopping block'. About 99% of jobs require at least some degree of interpersonal and communication skills. If you disclose an ASD, they can immediately disregard your application. And it's perfectly legal. It would be the equivalent of a blind person applying to be a welder, or a paraplegic applying to be a firefighter. It sucks, but that's what most people honestly believe about people with ASDs.
It's true about me, I took psychosocial staying that I had bad interpersonal skills. I've been that way all my life. Otherwise, I wouldn't be sitting her in this forum. And just like me, there are job that I shouldn't do base on the answers I'm self enter on the psychological test. Why should get a job working with the public if I feel uncomfortable with them? If I could get along with, them than I wouldn't have AS. By-the-way, you said you are not going to disclose to your future employer. Good luck than! I've been fired enough time trying to act like a NT when my AS behavior come out. So that's why I need the State's services.
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Well, that sounds about like everyone else who goes to get a job Aspie or otherwise. I mean if people want equal treatment and all . . .
You'll get less equal treatment if can't socialize with co-workers or boss. That's why the law give people with disabilities more than race or sex.
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Sounds like you don't really want a job or lack some fundamental understanding of how the work place operates. Starting off as a lowly employee doesn't guarantee you will stay one. Not to mention that often times what one lacks may be learned in a lowly position before moving up to bigger and better things.
I understand the quiet well. thank you. I have a lot of experiences to offer in the work place. I have nice resume, but keeping a job and having the employees and employer to understand is what I struggle with on every job. If the state's service wasn't there, I would be unemployed for a long time.
17 Jan 2009, 4:55 pm
