Asperger Syndrome and Employment

First of what may be several videos on issues related to Asperger's Syndrome and employment. This video highlights the importance of tapping into one's strengths and interests, self-esteem difficulties amidst hostile job environments, and realizing one's inherent potential by not letting past "failures" ruin one's chances at future successes. Possible future videos may focus on issues related to self-disclosure, advocacy and workplace survival tips as well as some of the advantages and disadvantages of self-employment. The last few minutes of the video is directed specifically towards the individual on the spectrum/person with Asperger's. My website is www.aspergerwisdom.com Contact me if you are interested in hiring me to speak to your school, organization or at a conference.

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• Asperger Syndrome
• employment
• Asperger's Syndrome
• Nick Dubin
• Dr. Nick Dubin
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• personality
• introvert
• extravert
• MBTI
• Myers Brigs Type Indicator
• job
• jobs
• career
• careers
• strengths
• frustrations
• frustration
• unemployed
• underemployed
• potential
• creativity
• self-discipline
• aspie
• aspies
• autism
• autistic
• work
• self-advocacy
• workplace
• neurotypical
• NT

[docdubin]

Thank you P011

[magnetite2]

I just wanted to point out that you look exactly like my brother.

When it comes to employment, some bosses will compromise; others won't. I guess it's finding someone who will work with who we are.

[Hyslopify]

Dubin is a sick fuck. He downloads child porn.

[2uMRAsh]

@FatherPatOphelia yeah except they wouldn't lie about having done it :P..... Plus can you quote the paper that published this fact and has it been peer reviewed and challenged and found to be true without reasonable doubt>????

[2uMRAsh]

I'm an INTJ and I work for one of the world's biggest retailers. I've managed to get myself into one of the quieter (though more physical) jobs the company offers. Funnily enough I am thought as less mentally able because of doing this job although I tend to walk around with a sound recorder singing songs which I work on when I get home as this is my real love. Currently writing a song about Asperger's syndrome funnily enough :P

[realbluemeanie]

I just got made redundant from a catering operation, everyday they just criticised me for falling short of the mark as they saw it. I tried my damndest every single day but as an undiagnosed aspie, there was no reason for them to think anything other than the fact that I was not good enough to be employed. It is soul destroying.

[Frizzurd]

its bad enough that im a faggot...but having aspergers makes me ashamed to exist

[philosophermike]

The only job I have had that I liked was scaring people at a haunted house

[DanielStaleyMyers16]

I have started a project about how people with Asperger's do things, I started 1 on cooking and have many more ideas but have a writing competition to do so videos may be slow in making, detailing the different things that people on the autistic spectrum find difficult etc.

[Megawatkins]

To be frank I'm fucking sick of all this talk....talk talk talk talk talk! WE NEED FUCKING JOBS RIGHT FUCKING NOW....why not do something now?

[FatherPatOphelia]

OK, everything between 0:50 and 0:60 is bullshit, because it has been scientifically shown that people with any form of autism are much more likely to be sexually deviant... so yeah, I think there would be more than a few scandals involving animal fucking and eating crayons.