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Because of this, I've always been pressured to meet the same expectations as normal people (neurotypicals). I'd like to share how those expectations have negatively impacted my life and, towards the end, I'll talk about the importance of early autism diagnosis.
## Employment
-I've been pressured to hold down a full-time job to support myself financially. While this seems like a reasonable expectation to have of a normal person, it's been very difficult for me to achieve as an autistic person. Despite [planning my career path](/2021/06/16/my-career-path) and trying different jobs, [I've either been fired or quit first from every workplace I've been employed at](/2022/05/16/coming-out-as-autistic/), ultimately due to my inability to complete the job duties.
+I've been pressured to hold down a full-time job to support myself financially. While this seems like a reasonable expectation to have of a normal person, it's been very difficult for me to achieve as an autistic person. Despite [planning my career path](/2021/06/16/my-career-path/) and trying different jobs, [I've either been fired or quit first from every workplace I've been employed at](/2022/05/16/coming-out-as-autistic/), ultimately due to my inability to complete the job duties.
The only exception was when I worked at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in the IT department. I would've been fired the first week if it were possible, but the university had some policy which made it very difficult to fire a student. It wasn't a normal competitive workplace environment, so I don't count it.