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I received this email.

"Hello, 

My name is Stacy and I am an Employment Navigator with Canadian Mental Health Association. 

I am doing some training in career development in which I did a course on Autism and Employment. It was good, however, the resources came from Nova Scotia-based autism programs and services.

I am writing your group to ask what programs and services have Islanders with autism used to find jobs and explore careers? 

What gaps in services or programs are autistic job seekers seeing/ experiencing?

This is part of Dr Neff's lastest newsletter:

"Today, I want to speak to something that often gets missed in the conversation:The mental health cost of being a low support needs, high-masking, or late-identified Autistic or ADHD adult.

Those of us who fly under the radar.Who appear “fine” to others.But quietly suffer behind closed doors.

The Invisible Terrain

For many of us, the version of Autism or ADHD we live doesn’t come with visible support needs. But behind closed doors, the internal experience can be dark. Disorienting.Overwhelmingly lonely — often shaped by competing internal demands.

We suffer. Our families suffer.And over time, generational cycles of trauma, burnout, and addiction can take root.

This is a substack post by Daniel Wendler who is "an autistic psychologist specializing in neurodiversity, social connection, and leadership"

Recently, I’ve been dogged by a strange feeling that I’m not good enough.

Not in a low self-esteem kind of way. It’s more of a “skill issue” feeling. I feel like I’m not good enough at the things I try to do.

No matter how much I accomplish, a part of my mind stays fixated on the mistakes I made along the way, or the tasks I haven’t been able to get to yet.

To be clear, this feeling is objectively bonkers.

I know that, because I still feel “not good enough” even when every possible piece of evidence contradicts that feeling.