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I feel absolutely fed up right now... I don't have a job and I don't suppose I'll ever have a job that gives me enough money to support myself because I hate being around other people and don't want a job where I'm trapped with other people. I'm 25 and haven't had a paid job yet, and I just feel like I'm completely useless. My mother has made it clear that she would like me out by the time her husband retires, which could be next year, and I have no way of moving out. I just don't know what to do.

wow, that's pretty harsh...
Is there any programs around where your at? Like where I am, there is DBBS .

Programs for what? I have no idea what DBBS is, Google keeps coming up with something about students?

It's a state program i believe, that helps provide the best kind of housing for an individual. and work, and doctors and all sorts of other stuff.

another word that's often used in it is "Autism Waiver"

-!! i'm so sorry!
It's BDDS I dont know why i was thinking it was DBBS this whole time.

Unfortunately I'm in the UK so I don't know. Generally though, people want paying for stuff or significant outward signs of disability. The "invisible" illnesses are rather harder to prove. Wouldn't be the first time people have indicated they think I'm lazy. Even if I got alternative accommodation though, wouldn't help me get a job.

It can be hard to find good support for AS I've noticed. According to my PDoc I fall into the catchment area of one in Edinburgh. I haven't gone yet as cities make me very uncomfortable but I do plan on visiting it soon with my mother. They seem to offer a lot of varied support, from simple game nights, to finding housing and or jobs.

This is a link to their website. I'm only really linking to it so you can check out their quick links, perhaps one of them will have some details about similar groups in your area.
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Thanks. I know there is an autism spectrum organisation in my area that does stuff like events days and the like, but unfortunately you have to pay to be a member, pay to travel and occasionally share the costs of renting a room etc... and I have no money for any of that. I don't particularly like the idea anyway because it would be me going to a group to tell them about how I don't like groups? Thanks for the link, I'll have a look.

~ It looks to me like organisations in my area are focused around supporting people with Autism rather than people with Asperger's, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

I'm 30 and have never worked a Full Time job so I have gone on Government Assistance

I've been on benefits but the DWP doesn't seem to like me at the moment, they stopped my last benefit because they said although they recognised my disability, I wasn't eligible, then when I reapplied with the testimony of three different health professionals, they gave me some bs reason why they turned me down and then refused to explain it, so I've had it up to here with that right now.

Hi, Pandoren-

Are there other specific issues at play here beyond the fact that you really don't particularly want to be around other people? There is employment where interpersonal involvement is kept to a very minimum. If there are other specific obstacles, maybe some other posters here could help you come up with some solutions to address them?

I guess it is about the people and about my own self esteem, that I don't feel I'm good enough for anything. I think a part of me doesn't want a job either... I want to hide in a bubble and forget the world exists... but obviously money is a thing that everyone needs. I did consider setting up an internet business so that I could do what I liked from my own home with the minimum of other people, but unfortunately aside from the fact the government takes a hefty cut in various taxes, I don't have a good enough basic idea of what to sell.

I don't know what kind of government support is available in the UK but if there is something like that you should check it out. If I hadn't had found disability support where I am I would probably still be in my bug infested apartment.

If you don't feel that a support program will take you seriously, talk to a doc. A doctor or psychologist/psychiatrist on your side can help a lot because they can write up professional documents to support your claims.

I was also effectively kicked out. I think I was 23 that year. My parents said they were getting a divorce and selling the house I had lived in for my entire life and was supposed to live in until I was done uni. My mom started abusing me when my dad left. I had to leave asap, and I had no job, and had never had a stable job (first one fired me because I couldn't handle the stress). I ended up having to quit school and get the first job offered to me just to survive. Imagine a person with aspergers as a cashier. Total disaster and it ruined me, but it was how I paid rent and ate so there was no choice. I ate crappy food and lived in a crappy apartment.

Fortunately after about 6 months I was able to prove to the government that I qualify for disability and it made my life so much better. It was a tough process to get on board but it really paid off in the end. If you can find a program like that where you are, it may not get you a job but it will help you live so you don't have to be on the streets.

That made me smile. I can relate to this... people always bugging me to join asperger clubs but I don't particularly like being around people so... what is the point? Besides, I need to be around neurotypicals so I can learn to master social interactions better.

We do have a good support system in the UK, though our current government is slowly dismantling it and labelling those of us who rely on these benefits as "scroungers". In the last year, I've read many news paper articles about people missing limbs, or suffering from severe mental handicaps as being 'declared fit for work' by the governments goons in white coats. It's actually appalling, and rather terrifying for those of us who have no other source of income.

On the topic of groups, it may interest you to know that people with aspergers tend to be able to socialise much better with other people on the spectrum. I made a friend from the US who writes a blog about her life with aspergers and she told me about her first ever group meeting which was only a few months ago. She too had put off because she doesn't like being around people, but she said that once she got there it was like "returning home and hearing people speak your native language for the first ever". Apparently it was very comforting for her and the others in the group to be around others on the spectrum because they all just kind of 'got' each other, plus there was never any awkward hand shakes, or body/eye contact required or expected haha.

Though that said, I've still not gone, but I think I would like to just to see what it's like. I gave up trying to master neuro typical interactions a while back, they don't try to learn my ways so why should I learn theirs?