A person’s life from school to work is one of the most major transitions. They are protected in high school or college and helped and looked after financially and otherwise by their parents. After school these ties are cut and the person has to bend for himself. For any one this transition is scary and especially for an autistic individual school life is spent with peers in a controlled environment. For autistic people the work force is a difficult concept as they have to confront new situations daily contrary to the comfort of a set of fixed living condition.
Autistic graduates, mainly, should learn how to deal with people in business world proper grooming which may have been a simple thing in high school or college. Proper grooming like brushing your teeth, wearing proper dress, using deodorant and combing your hair comes naturally to people while an autistic person is really in need of help as he does not realize what is appropriate or inappropriate. By this time or stage in life many autistic persons, after schooling, are mature and can be the assigned task without problems and avoid out bursts in many situations. A few persons are highly skilled in maths and music, learning a new job in the work force is not a problem. The problem is to relate others in a social situation.
People take advantage of autistic persons because of relationship problems. Autistic persons believe that all people are inherently good like themselves. Companies and business people, sadly, do not follow ethnical practices. Autistic people are shocked at this and do not know how to handle the situation. Others in the work force may not be capable of dealing with autism leading to bad relationships among employees. Employees should not only teach the autistic person their new job but properly direct others who work with them. Autistic individuals should be prepared for intolerance in the work force which is common.
In short autistic people should realize that there is going to be a major transition and transformation between school and college life and life in the work force. It will be very helpful for them to seek help in the transition from therapists, family members or mentors. Going from school to work is not easy but hard work and motivation will bring success to any one autistic or not.
