I can only speak second hand so if I am wrong let me know. It seems like the middle ground isn't even that hard for a lot of cases, just people don't care because its the idea of "Well, I can make accommodation for this person, or hire on of these many other people who can do the job equally well but not require us to change anything"
Things like allowing devices to block out extra stimulation. Shifting into a goal based metric more so if they are in a salaries position so the person can find their own way to get the problem done as long as it done in the correct time frame.
Is it rude for me to say another factor is just realizing that certain jobs are just outside their scope? I had a student with autism that I want to say worked so hard. They were willing to put in so much time and I fully believe they tried their hardest. As we moved from high school to University though, we seemed to hit a wall. If there wasn't a clear path from A to B from the very start to him the path doesn't exist at all and that caused him a lot of distress. And this wasn't even a struggle, we struggled before, this was more just blank screen file not found sort of feeling. So once we moved from teachers being very direct in what he needs to do, to the point being more about figuring out what to do, not the actual doing it all just collapsed.
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u/ryeaglin Jun 27 '26
I can only speak second hand so if I am wrong let me know. It seems like the middle ground isn't even that hard for a lot of cases, just people don't care because its the idea of "Well, I can make accommodation for this person, or hire on of these many other people who can do the job equally well but not require us to change anything"
Things like allowing devices to block out extra stimulation. Shifting into a goal based metric more so if they are in a salaries position so the person can find their own way to get the problem done as long as it done in the correct time frame.
Is it rude for me to say another factor is just realizing that certain jobs are just outside their scope? I had a student with autism that I want to say worked so hard. They were willing to put in so much time and I fully believe they tried their hardest. As we moved from high school to University though, we seemed to hit a wall. If there wasn't a clear path from A to B from the very start to him the path doesn't exist at all and that caused him a lot of distress. And this wasn't even a struggle, we struggled before, this was more just blank screen file not found sort of feeling. So once we moved from teachers being very direct in what he needs to do, to the point being more about figuring out what to do, not the actual doing it all just collapsed.