If you have autism and/or ADHD and are happy in your job (if you work) what do you do?

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I'm autistic and work as a school lab tech which is great. Lots of recovery holidays and every day is different with plenty of moving around. Also have my own room so i avoid most people

Who has refused to refer for assessment?

See your GP. Take all the information you have written here and ask your GP to refer your son for assessment.

Before that, you could contact the paediatrician doctor's secretary and ask him nicely to write to your GP with his observations and suggestion that your son showed traits of ASD, if he would be prepared to do so.

There are years-long waiting lists for ASD and other assessments, so be prepared to gather as much evidence as you can while you are waiting.

Good Luck

Ive been trying to get my DC (2) assessed for ASD for a few months. I noticed he was slightly different from as early as 1 YO.
he walks on his tip toes, flaps his hands, doesn’t stop jumping, delayed speech (still doesn’t speak), doesn’t like textured foods, doesn’t sleep (really struggles), grinds his teeth, I could go on and and and on.

I’ve also been told he has sensory processing disorder (HV) and when I took him to hospital as I thought he had a food allergy, the paeds doctor said I think it’s more important you get him assessed for ASD as I can see he has a lot of traits for this (from viewing him for 10 mins). All of this said, I’ve been refused twice now for ASD assessment.

anyway, my point is, help! What do I do? Are you a GP or do you work for a private business? I also wonder if he has ADHD but not sure if it’s traits of autism. He never sits still, constantly jumping and running. Can’t sit still ever.

would love advice from you or ANYONE. I was actually going to post on this as I posted on the neurodivergent section and got no replies and just wanted to help my LO as much as possible.

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I'm autistic. I'm an accountant working in finance. I love working with numbers because there's a right or wrong anwer. I hated English lit at school as analysing it was subject to people's differing opinions. Numbers don't lie and are factual.

I am autistic and could never do a job where I had to do presentations or public speaking. I work in forestry on the grants & regulations side. Just one day a week in the office (Fridays when very few are in). The rest is WFH or outside in great landscapes with my dog. I love my job.

Suspect I'm AuDHD. Currently a teacher but have just burnt out.

Starting my own business and looking forward to being my own boss and deciding for myself how much I take on and when.

OP, have you considered working for a company called, I think, Brick Masters? They run Lego after school clubs and parties. I think it's franchised but might be something to look at?

ADHD diagnosed, and suspected autism. Data analysis and report writing/editing for a large corporate. I'm detail-oriented and good under pressure.

I'm a software developer. You'll find plenty of neurodiverse people in engineering, IT and software.

I'm in exactly the same situation - good luck to your daughter!

I am in admin and marketing for a small charity/ community performing arts organisation. They are pretty flexible if I need to work from home, are happy for me to pick my hours and wear headphones in the office to block out noise.
I think a lot depends on the culture of the organisation, not all places would be so accommodating and flexible, but as long as the work gets done they are quite happy to give me free rein.

I should add that my partner works in IT and almost all of his colleagues are neurodiverse.

In every job I’ve ever had (mostly office based) I have worked alongside neurodiverse people. In my current team of 15 people, 3 have ASD and/or ADHD. They manage perfectly well and we all understand what adjustments they need.

Obviously, there is a huge range of neurodiversities, but I do worry that people write themselves/their children off because they have a diagnosis. A friend has a ND teenager and she seems to have written the child off completely when I comes to having a future career or even being able to drive, which is incredibly sad. She is very capable and smart.

PIP is not awarded by condition, but on how that condition or conditions affect your daily life. You need to read up on it.

Look at the free CAB PIP online guide or pay under £20 for the Benefits and Work guides.

If you are turned down, appeal.

This is very familiar! I suck at writing papers so now do mostly contract research for companies based in an institute. Much shorter timescales, clearer problem definitions, with more of a corporate structure so all hierarchies are more understandable than university.

ADHD (diagnosed), probably autistic too.
Specialized statistics in insurance. Work as manager of small team, and "C" suite (again in a specific but fundamental role in insurance that doesn't exist outside of it).
I enjoy it - work is interesting, dealing with people is interesting if absolutely stressful and still years on completely 100% out of my comfort zone. Still stressed about everything every single day. Still stressed when I have to talk to people rather than immerse myself in a spreadsheet. Still battling procrastination every day.
But really unless I win the euro millions I'll always be a ball of raised cortisol till I die.

How about a garden help
For older people. With
Your nursing background you can help and be a face of comfort and chat for clients.

I’m a self employed artist and have been doing it for 5 years. Have never been happier and earning a much better income than I did working in corporate and where I was unhappy and clueless.

ADHD (medicated) and suspected autism, and I am in the police. Love it as I can change roles easily and spin plates.
In work in investigations and find running multiple things suits my skill set.

I want to apply for pip but worried AuDHD won't have enough "evidence" for them.

The job that felt that it fit me best is when I was an overnight librarian at a university. Limited people and lots of organising things in a very specific way, what's not to love (besides the having to stay up all night, but I never slept well anyway). Unsurprisingly a lot of my colleagues were also neurodiverse, persumably drawn to it for similar reasons, which then made work socialisation way easier.