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Some places are coming around, but it's slow-going.
Ha, thanks! Only place I've been in the States is Toledo, Ohio (and a wee bit of Michigan). I was quite taken with Tony Packo's LOLWell, you'd be welcome here in Alabama! I'm lord of my street.
Ah yes, I know Toledo. I lived in Cleveland for a number of years, so I'd pass through there on my way to Illinois. Go Mud Hens.
My brother was getting married there, (well near there, a little college town called Bowling Green), and his wife's family are from Toledo so I stayed there. I actually kinda liked it. The zoo is awesome. And I got to try funnel cake, and an elk burger, and loads of other awesome food. It was a good tripLOL. How did you manage that? Too bad...we're such a big country. So much more to see than that. Maybe you can come back some time.
Look up Specialisterne. That is changing very slowly, and I'm not talking about just random part time jobs. I've heard there are about 8 models that are following this "new trend", but that they are all more or less pilot programs. I don't know what the other models are besides the one I mentioned.
I'll check it out. Sorry I missed your previous post. Or maybe it's my terrible short term memory. Anyhow, my apologies.
There is also Aspiritech in Chicago and Microsoft is beginning to actively recruit Aspies, too.
Microsoft is using Specialisterne (and possibly other orgs) to recruit people on the spectrum.
IT is a good background to have, but a lot of competition. Having an IT background can possibly help you transition into other jobs more easily too though. So, sometimes getting your foot in the door and then acquiring more skills to either establish yourself or move on is the best way to go.
Your comment reminds me of a nightmarish incident which happened awhile ago. I had been feeling depressed and decided to call the local crisis hotline and talk to somebody. Even though I said that I wasn't feeling suicidal, just depressed, they offered to come out to my home and talk to me. I had also mentioned my diagnoses. When they got there (it was a couple) they started acting threatening, and wouldn't allow me to leave the room. They called the police and forced me to go to the hospital for a psyche eval! When I got there, it took all my self control not to panic and have a meltdown because there was a guy standing in the doorway of the examining room, wearing rubber gloves and leering at me. I stayed very quiet and when the psychiatrist came in, he was impressed with my self control and wondered why on earth I had been railroaded into the hospital like this. I was allowed to leave. But this incident impressed on me the realization that it could at times be dangerous to ask for help; especially when people have erroneous opinions about our diagnoses.
