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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here again. He got fired. They told him it wasn’t a good fit and that they like him very much as a person but that he created confusion among guests because he sometimes didn’t know where to direct them or how to answer their questions and that he should have caught on after a day or two. He is devastated. I think it’s useful information.[/quote]

That’s hard but really helpful information. So he needs structure and something that includes pretty specific tasks and interactions that are predictable. If he’s old enough, cashiering might be a good fit because any interactions or exceptions are quite scripted. If he likes being outside, working at a garden center/nursery, landscaping, or cleaning/maintenance could be a good fit. Our local suburban Target employs a lot of HS aged kids who are definitely very neurodiverse and they seem to stay around for a long time, so you might consider if a role like that could work. Sometimes something that is more corporate has more guardrails.

Hopeful anecdote time: my DH is autistic and works at an extremely bureaucratic Fortune 500 company. He’s been recruited by startups and small companies relentlessly over the years, but he knows he needs the rules, structure and definition that comes with a big formal company. He’s found a ton of success staying in clearly defined roles and divisions that are more established.[/quote]

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