BTW, I hold a dual degree from an acredited private college with honors and an IQ in the gifted range. I have never been late to work, never been out of dress code, never violated a rule listed in the employee handbook, am rarely sick and allways call in. I have only held one job for more than a year and one job that paid a livable wage. I have had insurance once. I have been denied SSI as is typical on the first try but seeing as I have been unemplyed for 5 years I can not afford the retaining fee on the lawyer to challenge. The state I live in is no longer accepting applications for disability services for people on the autism spectrum as there is currently a 20yr waiting list for services.

The last job I held I was fired because my manager threw me into a wall because I turned off the overhead lights that were flickering (only impacting my work area) and turned on lights that I brought with me from home. They agreed to the accomidations for autism before hiring me. Turning the lights off in my office looked "too unprofessional as we have a meeting in the office today and we can't have you looking weird".

In college I was loved, respected and accepted. In college thinking (something we do well) is valued. That too is NOT the real world. Social skills, more than any NT would like to admit, are more a part of who is hired and retained in jobs that hard core skills.