3 ms·

> vast majority of those with autism can pass and silently struggle with the negatives of their condition This is not true. The article says only 16% can hold

> vast majority of those with autism can pass and silently struggle with the negatives of their condition This is not true. The article says only 16% can hold a fulltime job. Most of those are jobs requiring the absolute minimal skillsets. > As the article points out, nearly 2% of people have some form of ASD. For that to be the case, the vast majority of them have to appear mostly normal from the outside. It may sadden you to know the staggering amount of adults with ASD that have essentially been removed from society. They do not appear normal, and as a consequence they do not appear in society at all.

curun1r 7y ago
> The article says only 16% can hold a fulltime job That’s 16% of those diagnosed with ASD. For one, the vast majority of the current workforce came of age before the DSM reclassified autism as a spectrum disorder. So many of those with milder symptoms who sought out therapy as kids could easily go undiagnosed. I know this personally as someone diagnosed as an adult who grew up as a child of a psychologist and was sent to multiple therapists. I’m perfectly capable of maintaining a career and wouldn’t have even thought to seek out a diagnosis as an adult had I not had a conversation with my mom about the reclassification. Having worked in tech, I can tell you there’s a huge group of undiagnosed ASD workers like me who are quite able to hold down a job and excel but still exhibit milder symptoms of the disorder.