Oliver and Suzie – Interview 11b  

Oliver and Suzie – Interview 11b

Age at Interview: 27
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 25
Background: Oliver is a student and lives with his partner Suzie. Ethnic background/nationality: White British

Brief outline:Oliver was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome two years ago. His mother and younger brother had also been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome previously. Oliver describes his family as easy going and not concerned about what other people think about them.

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Oliver finds it frustrating that people with autism can fail filling in job applications when they can probably do the job. He has found face to face interviews easier to manage.

 



I think it’s more that I’ve got a bit of charisma. And I think people pick up on this, but I seem, I do seem to fail, this is, because I’ve just recently got a new job, and because I’ve been handing out a few CVs out and things like this. I think that people with AS fail in normal human resource, hiring situations where it’s ‘please put your name here’ and it’s in a fairly basic form and people would, because the questions are obviously going to filter certain things out and I think this is where people on the spectrum or with AS fail. Because it’s not necessarily that they can’t do the job. It’s they don’t understand what’s been asked of them, because I’ve had this with quite a few situations. And it frustrates me greatly. Because I know I could do the job. A lot of the times I know I could do the job well, if not better than any one at the place. And it’s just the fact that they’re bureaucratic, very uptight attitude is basically putting them at a disadvantage. They could have some one better rather than just someone who’s just going to do the bare minimum and it doesn’t….

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