A person with autism or Asperger syndrome very often does not know the best way to approach a company, whether and to what degree to mention his or her disability and how to put across his or her strong points. It can be hard to fill in application forms. In previous interviews, it has been very difficult to explain my job history or sequence of jobs especially with respect to why I left certain positions without there being a better job to go to and why sometimes a year or two later I was in fact in a much lower level job or even unemployed. In my present department, the manager recognises what my skills are and helps me make the best of them. With my syndrome I need to think through systematically a number of plausible ways of approaching a task or problem.
Some people find the best way instinctively.
Unlike previous managers, managers in my present employment have recognised this. A success story David works for BT as a Computer Programmer in the Network Systems Division. He began his career at BT on a 3 month graduate work placement and is now a permanent member of the team. The National Autistic Society 393 City Road, London, EC1V 1NG, United Kingdom.