Why Finding a Job Is Hard When You’re Autistic

“She’s weird.”

Ines May
ArtfullyAutistic
Published in
3 min readDec 9, 2021

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On one of my last jobs (actually a non-paid internship), for the first time, I felt like things didn’t work out at all.

It was the middle of the pandemic. I had moved to another town for that internship. Rented an apartment. I was late to start the internship because I had to undergo some medical procedures which mean all the other…

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Ines May
ArtfullyAutistic

Veterinarian, diagnosed with autism at 27, writing to figure life. E-mail me at ineslmedium@gmail.com Become a member: https://inesl.medium.com/membership