To worry about dd1 and how easily she will find/hold a job in the future

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Dd1 is 17 and has on going health problems, chronic asthma(was hospitalised after a simple cold less than 2 months ago), she has now been started on fostair even though it's only licensed for 18+ in the hope it will get it under control, migraines which wipe her out for 24+ hours and horrendous periods(pain, clots, heavy bleeding and diarrhoea, she currently takes mefenamic acid, tranexamic acid, paracetamol and has started cerazette(can't take combined pill because of migraines).

Combined with her aspergers we are struggling to keep her sixth form attendance above 90% even though she often determinedly goes in when she really isn't well enough in my opinion, when I read some of the threads on here I really worry about her future

That sounds incredibly hard OP....but she also sounds as you say, determined. Has she got good friends? How's she doing socially? What are her strengths in terms of her lessons and hobbies?

Encourage her to get a job that depends on her mind, not her body. My health struggles are not as bad as your daughter’s, but they have been very real. Having a good degree and skills has enabled me to make a very nice living despite illness because I can do my job as long as I am well enough to be on a laptop.

Maybe she'll be self employed

She sounds more determined than most 17 year olds without any health concerns, be proud and of her, yes it’s a worry but given her needs surely this is the best worry you could have?

She's a bright, funny kid, into arts and crafts who gets on great with young children, she wants to work with sen children if possible

It's just I look at the attitudes to illness/absenteism on some of the employment threads and I know that dd would struggle to reach the standars that seem to be expected

My sister was just like this, dropped out of uni, couldn't hold down a job, etc because of general health issues (asthma, allergies, touch of depression). She now works for a charity and travels all over. Has a 2 year old.
In saying that, she does just get home sometimes and go straight to bed. Her dh is thankfully a bit of a door mat!

The working world isn't easy, but she sounds like she has learned determination and compassion and she has the potential to be great with SEN children as she'll understand their struggles. Harder for someone to do that job who has never struggled themselves. Honestly, I think she has a big advantage in knowing what she wants to do - it's the ones who drift along with no vision of what they want to do who can have more problems.