Job! Arh!
Okay so here is the situation.
1. I NEED a job to pay the bills etc.
2. My last job, I was dismissed due to 'stress and health related issues' (and thus have alot of 'anxiety' over entering the workforce again)
3. Although I have attended many courses and conferences etc. and have had lots of experience as I hate not doing anything.....my executive functioning problems make it hard for me to be ORGANISED. I am now desperatly sifting through my 'stuff' from 3 houses (mine, my exe's and my mum's) in order to find the things I need to even put my resume together.
4. I have never 'disclosed' my AS/ADHD before (pluss other undiagnosed co-morbidities such as possible seizures)
5. I have yet to get my driver's license (which all jobs seem to require these days!)
So the thing is....for the second time in a few months a suitable job has come up! I don't want to miss out on another opportunity however just can't seem to get past the above issues!
Anyway just wanted to share and see if others can relate.
Well I'd better get back to it. Wish me luck!
Libby - best of luck to you. I hope you get this job if it's what you really want. I can relate to almost everything you & Squirrel just posted.
I don't know if this is going to be an interesting theme, but i did not even attempt to get my driver's license until I was in my 20's. I was a young mother & I new it was time, so I forced myself to do it...
Best of luck.
Hugz
Oh, I can relate. The only job I ever had where I lasted was at the ranch of my two former teachers. They were kindly and old, and very quirky themselves. We felt lucky to have each other, maybe because we were all the kind of people no one else could stand. Since then, nobody else will have me. It's been hard.
I hope you get the job. Great jobs are out there for people like us. They're just rare.
YES! This is almost identical situation to the one I am in. I have never disclosed my issues at all and have been very unsuccessful with the workforce. I am trying a new tactic now. I am in a basic food employment and training program and my disability counselor there says I NEED to disclose my autism/ADHD so that I can get accomodations in an employment setting. I had them in school but I had never heard of an employer providing accomodations....
So I guess we'll see. I am training to work with medical technology right now. I don't know if I will be too successful honestly. I have also done a lot of different things and I also have a TON of apprehension and anxiety about entering the workforce again as well because of how unsuccessful I have been, but I have no choice. I have to pay the bills. So...I just have to try again!
I also am concerned that I may have undiagnosed seizures because of the muscle spasm issues I am having and the "blackouts" like. I don't have dissociative stuff so it is very disconcerting to me and I think it may be something like that but I am not sure. I know I have abnormal EEGs already but have never been diagnosed with anything so I am not sure. As of late, my hearing has been so incredibly sensitive that I am afraid even a normal work environment (not a particularly noisy place) will even be too much. But I have to try to find out I suppose.
Good luck with everything. I really hope you are successful. I have a very hard time finding work that is accessible by bus so I understand what you mean about not driving. I don't drive either. And it really narrows down your choices!
Take care.
Squirrel