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Originally Posted by Discombobulated
It sounds like you've been coping with a lot, really I admire your work ethic - you sound like you've really been trying even though you had challenges.
Do you have any kind of professional support? In some places there are organisations which can support young people with autism especially in the jobs market.
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Thank you, I’ve always tried my best to have a good work ethic, I don’t want this post to sound like I’m feeling bad for myself or that I’m somehow ungrateful. I know I need to account for some of my actions, however with that being said, I don’t get any sort of encouragement from anyone. My mom just tells me that I’m going to end up like my dad, and it’s nothing but negative talk which really brings me down and makes me feel hopeless, obviously I’m an adult and I should be helping myself, and I know this is the real world, but instead of my mom saying “Yes you will find a job or I can help you look” or something of that nature, she just hammers in “you’re going to be with your grandma until your 40, you’re going to end up like your dad still living with his mom.” I get that is the most likely hard reality of the matter, if I continue on this course of action, but negativity doesn’t really help me feel motivated. And I’m unaware of any sort of professional support which I have received.