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Blondi

Hello! A bit of a depressing first post but I am coming up to my final year in university and trying to search for potential jobs to no avail. Due to learning difficulties, seizures, and my autism I can’t function in a fast paced working environment and can’t handle money even with assistance. I tried out an aptitude test for a potential job but failed to proceed due to poor grammar and literacy - I can’t even pass my uni work without the Grammarly the uni provided me.

I can’t find anything suitable through career/job services and it’s really making me feel like I’m pointlessly working towards nothing. Previous advice say to do data entry but ive struggled badly with excel and other softwares since school. Coding is completely out of the question. I was bullied and taken advantage of in a past cleaning job. Does anyone have any clue on where to find a fully remote job that is friendly, it feels like searching for a unicorn.

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Rosie_Scope

Hi @Blondi, welcome to the community. Sorry to hear you're having trouble finding work, it's not fun doing the searches at the best of times and can really take it out of you.

Fully remote work is quite rare unfortunately, but roles do come up every now and then. Scope have a page for disability friendly employers with some links to job boards that you might like to look at:

Finding disability-friendly employers | Disability charity Scope UK

We also have some employment support services:

Employment support services | Disability charity Scope UK

Sometimes work with charities can be a bit more flexible and understanding, perhaps that might be an area that would be worth looking at?

If you're not able to find a paid role right away, there might even be some volunteering roles that you could do to help build your confidence while you find something more permanent. Would that be an option for you?

Hope you can find a way forward soon ☺️

Stellar

Remote work does exist, but is quite competitive.

What things can you do well, whether unaided or with accessibility tools like Grammarly? Make a list of your strengths, then take it from there.

Alternatively, are you able to consider some form of volunteering?

Long term, something flexible with element of passive income (ie. royalties from book sales, YouTube ad revenue etc.) enabling you to take time time may be best for you.

Good luck!

Blondi

Unfortunately volunteer work is not currently doable due to needing to pay board or risk being kicked out of my home as I’m not capable of independent living. I have done transcription for a university placement module which was just typing documents word for word, but so far have been rejected for all transcription/writing jobs as they typically ban all Grammarly/grammar softwares to know that you aren’t getting help.

WhatThe

Hello Blondi and welcome to Scope 😊

Would you consider autism coaching on Zoom? As you know, autism can't be taught to allistic people so you have a head start!

I know someone who put her innate understanding of autism to good use in between jobs. Where there's demand there's a market.

(I should add that clients may want long-term support and commitment - coaching isn't meant to be a temporary job)

Blondi

I don‘t think that would be ideal with my access needs as communication is not a skill I can build upon. I think I need a role that is being left alone to copy things I can see.

WhatThe

GCHQ is interested in neurodivergent people as is the medical profession. I have a good eye for detail and copying but also can't Zoom. We have untapped skills alongside our shortcomings.

Stellar

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1033377#Comment_1033377

Do they know that you're using software? So long as you don't volunatary tell the employer and you're not having to use proprietary software, you should be able to get away with it. It's also disability discrimination and violates the Equality Act.

Also depending on who's threatening to kick you out of your home for not paying support (ie. yuour parents), insisting you, a disabled person, find work when suitable jobs don't exist for the most part is abusive.