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Unemployed and on the autistic spectrum?

March19

Wonderment by Donna Williams OK, are you an unemployed adult on the autism spectrum? If you are and have put up a listing on the free self employment website http://www.auties.org would you also like to raise public awareness of the kind of work you are interested in getting?

This blog gets thousands of visitors each month and for a limited time I’m offering to interview unemployed people on the spectrum who have taken the first step in helping themselves and have listed over on auties.org .

I look forward to hearing from some of you and asking you some email questions as part of an email interview I’ll then put up on my blog so readers can learn more about who you are, what your skills and interests are and what kind of work you think you might succeed at. You never know, there may be autism friendly people needing someone with your skills who will read it and offer you autism friendly work.

Warmly, Donna Williams *)

http://www.donnawilliams.net

posted under Autism, autism politics, Donna Williams, interviews
5 Comments to

“Unemployed and on the autistic spectrum?”

  1. On March 19th, 2008 at 11:47 am ron Hedgcock Says:

    Hello Donna,
    Havent been in contact with you for years. Being a professional Actor as I am is pretty well the same as being ‘unemployed’. Just rarely get jobs. But I survive.
    My major interest as far as things I can offer the public these days, are my lecture presentations. Lots of them are illustrated by digital visual material, on Art History (of which there are several I can offer). As well, I offer a demonstration/lecture/performance of 19th century Phrenology – which I do at the Ballarat Outdoor museum .. Sovereign Hill.
    Also lecture Craft of the Actor, in which I do comedy, read poems, etc etc.
    Good luck with your project, Ron.

  2. On March 19th, 2008 at 1:01 pm iso Says:

    I am an artist,specifically photographer, though also visual artist in mediums of charcoal, mosaic and sculpture. I am also a consultant on spectrum issues for parents. I have 5 children, 4 of whom are also on spectrum.

  3. On March 20th, 2008 at 5:49 am Ivan Says:

    Brilliant, Donna.

    This is a terrific idea! I hope you get lots of responses!

  4. On March 22nd, 2008 at 4:37 am Deborah I. Thorsos Says:

    Hi cyber friend,
    I love reading and hearing your interviews of people. Thank you very much for continuing on with this.
    I know added a bunch of my closeup photos of buds and flowers on http://www.flickr.com/dithorsos.
    Here are more links to my videos:

    Stereotyping and Autism
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dNeFIP0th4

    Introduction to My Artworks

    Mood Fluctuation
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2DOmEiqyZ0

    Debbie

  5. On March 24th, 2008 at 11:30 pm Ettina Says:

    I’m unemployed (though that might change soon), 18 years old, and diagnosed PDD NOS.