An Unwanted Hill to Climb: The Challenges Autistic Adults Face in Social and Occupational Settings

As the parent of three diagnosed autistic persons, and as the founder of Life Guides for Autistics | NeuroGuides, I’ve devoted untold numbers of hours to serving autistic persons and documented around three thousand hours of direct one-on-one coachin…
Building Bridges to Nowhere: On Workplace Best Practices for Keeping Autistic Persons Terminally Jobless

The bitter irony of his dressing in black was not lost on me. He smiled a hopeful smile, before walking into the “job interview practice” hosted by a local Autism Organization.
As I watched him go, I felt a wave of deep frustration, suppressed m…