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    I've also encouraged you to pursue further coding knowledge through the LiveCode initiative, but again, you've felt it's not been for you.

    Did that come to anything? The Indiegogo page says that the crowdfunding target was not met.

    https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/empower-individuals-with-autism-through-coding#/

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    I had bad acne at a similar age and got put onto Roaccutane (Isotretinoin). This did the trick, although I was still scarred for a few years afterwards. You can only get the drug from a dermatologist.

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    The job description in #7 looks ok to me, then I have had to read these when I was looking for work. Aspie friendly it is not very, I have a small problem in that I have no 'degree', would still give it try though. :wallbash:

     

    Small aside with degrees, the issuing university is more important, and how the course was done. I have had to sift through these, so take it from me, a 'distant learning course' gets binned, points normally to an older worker who companies don't want either. I am a old real UNIX computer programmer who knows just how easy it is to electronically sift CVs. That's why I was on the scrap heap at 45 :angry:

    Ernst & Young have come over all inclusive now - they have scrapped the minimum entrance requirement of a II.i and they "prevent interviewers from asking about relevant experience", apparently. More from the Grauniad

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    With the recent news that my contract will not be extended beyond mid-March (more information here: http://www.asd-forum.org.uk/forum/index.php?/topic/30575-bbc-project-aspergers-and-employment/?p=353556) I now face the prospect of looking for work again. I was tipped off about an agency that could support me looking for jobs in the Warwickshire area.

     

    Just to clarify, I am not from this area originally (see my intro thread http://www.asd-forum.org.uk/forum/index.php?/topic/26315-hello-from-aeolienne for a partial bio) but I would prefer to stay around for a bit. I know it's important to be geographically flexible, but OTOH it's so bl00dy expensive to move for each job, especially with my track record of long gaps in between.

     

    Anyways, I was given a leaflet about WEST (Warwickshire Employment Support Team) which describes it as "a county-wide service for people with a learning disability or who are on the Autistic Spectrum [sic], who want to work and who meet the criteria for Fair Access to Care Services." It also said, under "Eligibility for a Service", that "Customers must have been assessed by a Social Worker [sic]", although the person who gave me a leaflet said that the mere fact that I had a medical diagnosis of Asperger's would be enough. So I gave WEST a call and spoke to someone who said that they usually deal with referrals from social services but there's some other scheme that would enable me to be referred directly, or something like that. They should get back to me by next week.

     

    I then had a look at WEST's website http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/west, which only mentions learning disability, not the autistic spectrum. How helpful is it likely to be?

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    Just watched it - great video, and congrats on getting the job - I hope it works out for you.

    Unfortunately it hasn't worked out in the way I'd hoped. The TV crew were a bit disingenuous (quelle surprise) in that they got me to talk to camera about what having a proper job would mean to me, but that was before it was revealed that the job was actually going to be a three-month placement as an agency worker at National Grid. I pointed out that I would be unlikely to find somewhere to rent in the Warwick travel-to-work area for less than six months, so with a stroke of a pen the company extended the initial contract to six months, i.e. from March to September 2016. This was later extended for a further six months, albeit still as an agency worker, with the proviso that if I displayed sufficient analytical skills (I was given a project to showcase them) I would be upgraded to a permanent member of the team. Unfortunately I didn't and I wasn't. So much for the happy ending.

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    Christmas is Really for the Children by Steve Turner

     

    Christmas is really
    for the children.
    Especially for children
    who like animals, stables,
    stars and babies wrapped
    in swaddling clothes.
    Then there are wise men,
    kings in fine robes,
    humble shepherds and a
    hint of rich perfume.

    Easter is not really
    for the children
    unless accompanied by
    a cream filled egg.
    It has whips, blood, nails,
    a spear and allegations
    of body snatching.
    It involves politics, God
    and the sins of the world.
    It is not good for people
    of a nervous disposition.
    They would do better to
    think on rabbits, chickens
    and the first snowdrop
    of spring.

    Or they'd do better to
    wait for a re-run of
    Christmas without asking
    too many questions about
    what Jesus did when he grew up
    or whether there's any connection.

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    I wonder how much difference it might have made if there'd been a concerted effort from 1973 onwards to invest in foreign language training so that all citizens could have had a fair crack at the European-wide job market. What use is labour mobility if your language skills don't amount to more than ordering drinks? Why is it that foreign languages are considered a rarefied intellectual ability in the UK but a basic life skill in the Netherlands?


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