We have been through this.
My nephews went through it, my son went through it, and I have neighbors that have been through it.

If you are on disability,, social security says they will let you try a job for three months to see if you can make it before they make any move to cut you off or reduce payments.

There is a state run unemployment office: Each state has their own, and different rules. Basically they will help a person write a resume. They will supply a test to see what a person is interested in. If lucky they will supply a psychologist to talk to them about anxiety and such. I suspect that they have test to access ability, but they will not say that. For in truth such test are hardly accurate. Transportation is a big thing with them, they do not supply it, but that is about the first thing they want to know. They say they will go around with the disabled, and encourage them to go in and ask for jobs. If they have any clout at all with local employment agencies they will use it. Most times though they will just meet once a month with a disabled person, talk to them, and give suggestions. Maybe that is once a week now that they have face time on the internet? I can't remember.

IT might be through this state run unemployment office that the severely disabled get the jobs of stuffing paper in something and pay them a dollar. Which for a lot of disabled is important for self esteem, getting out into the community and all that.

There is a federal unemployment program; I found out about it, and told my sister-in-law about it. It is really not for the disabled, but we did not know that. It is for capable people that have no training, like dirt poor country kids, and dirt poor inner city kids that get into a lot of trouble with the law probably. More for kids that have never had role models? I don't know. At any rate they gathered up a bunch of them and put them on a bus, my nephews included, and transported them way off somewhere. Her sons had panic attacks, and the guys running the problem were displeased with them. It was terrible. Do try to beware that in a quest for training, and employment you don't put your child with autism into a real mess.

That gets us to local Employment agencies. Every big town has them. They are pretty good. They know what is out there, and from what I see they are kind, and hard working. They try to place people where they can succeed. They also give test to access ability.

Walmart: I have seen them even team up with a disabled person and have another employee working close to them. However: I think some of these employment offices needs to fill out Walmart applications for their clients, esp the state employees. Then I am certain they have earned their tax payer's salary. . It takes hours to fill out Walmart application, and you never know when their application website on the computer is going to crash. If you go to Walmart and ask for an application, they put you again on a computer out in the store lobby. If anyone has any insight for better out comes in getting at least an interview with them let me know. There is a neighbor's kid that has worked there for years. They must have known some one?

Other companies in the area: Most times factories, and factory like companies will get in a big order they need to fill, and need to hire a bunch to help them fill that order. It might take a month, or it might take a whole year or more. Still these are temp jobs. They say there is a good chance of getting hired full time. These companies are not interested in a little tax reduction that the state will give them for hiring the disabled, their bottom line is production. Although a disabled person proves to be a good worker, if they even hire some one full time, well there is always some one better, faster in all things to do the job than some one with mild autism. It is a shame because a lot of times some one with mild autism will stay with that company and be loyal. The worse part about these temp jobs, instead of saying we finished our order, there is no more work for you to do: thank you; they say instead that you did not keep up production. These companies do not want to take a chance of having to pay unemployment, or even look like they have laid a person off. It can really hurt a person with mild autism's feelings, and then the family has to try to deal with getting them back out in the work force with a badly bruised ego

There is always karma though. and three of companies are now having trouble getting enough employees. They have now started begging for people to apply. They even say if you have ever worked for them that they will fast track your application. Apparently every one in the county and surrounding counites have at one time, or another worked for them, many seem to harbor hard feelings. It is not like they pay all that much; 14 dollars, maybe 16 now an hour. Well it is better than working for the local grocery store were they only get 8 dollars an hour, but they treat their employees with respect though, and they are not gong to be laid off (no fired, let go) any time.

Nephews have found a job working for the casinos, down on the Gulf coast. They clean motel rooms, and do what ever. The casinos actually watch over their money, they make sure it goes toward utilities, rent, food. I am not sure how it is set up, by their parents. The casinos also have some sites in Alaska. For just the summer season, they got one of my nephews to go up there to work, and it even included being a chauffeur as well. But then he had a panic attack of being away from home, and casinos had to fly him back after only working there for less than a month.

Let us talk about health insurance. No let's not.

See Gerardo Martinez Some one finally replied. It was some hard lifting here too. I started several times and just quit.