Sep 03
Mr. Responsibility
Posted: under employment, socialization.
Tags: autism, social skills, work skills September 3rd, 2009
One of the things people sometimes complain of with persons on the spectrum is their “rigidity” and their strict interpretation of, and adherence to, rules. Rules they’ve internalized, that is. But the flip side of “rigidity” is “reliability”–a trait prized by employers. I was strongly reminded of that today, when our son left me an email (at 7:30 am, that I didn’t see until much later) that he was going out with the man who takes him to interview for other jobs–and I knew he needed to be back in the afternoon to work a shift at his current job.