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FACTS &
TESTIMONIALS.
When a number of young adults with ASD were asked about their experience
trying to access support after the age of 18, this is what they said:
“I haven’t requested any, because people like me don’t get support. Any time I have enquired
about such things that has been made very clear. At this point I don’t even know who I might
request help from.”
“I am high-functioning and an adult … I feel ‘lost’…. I am too high functioning for most ASD
programming in my area, but not neurotypical enough to function well in conventional
work and social situations and environments.”
How many adults with ASD are in work?
* Office for National Statistics, (2016).
“I have always struggled to make friends,
and since I left school, I have had no
support. I feel like ive been abandoned.
A place to interact with people like me
would help me to be able to transition
into independent living.”
16%
77%
40%
of adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder are in full time
paid work, compared to 80% of neurotypical people.
of adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder who are
unemployed say they would like to work full time.
of adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder say they have
never worked, yet have wanted to.
50% of adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder said that the
single biggest thing that needed to change was support,
understanding and acceptance.
* Quotes taken from anonymous adults with ASD about their experience trying to access
support after age 18. (Camm-Crosbie, Bradley, Shaw, Baron-Cohen & Cassidy, 2018).
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