Autistic people who are students can face challenges including:

• feeling like they don’t belong
• bullying.
• Bullying is when someone says or does something to make you feel bad over and over again.

Often Autistic students don’t get the support they might need to take part in school.

This can be because:

• many teachers and students don’t understand Autism
• some Autistic students have trouble speaking up for themselves.

Autistic people can also face challenges with finding and keeping a job.

These challenges include:

• other people not understanding Autism

• being treated badly in their workplace

• not getting the support they need in their workplace

• not earning enough money to live without support.

Autistic people are also more likely to work in Australian Disability Enterprises (ADEs) than in other jobs.

ADEs are businesses that train and employ people with disability.

Many Autistic people have bad experiences using public transport.

For example, buses and trains.

Public transport might make them feel:

• uncomfortable
• unsafe.

This can make it hard to get to work or school.

Our Strategy could focus on making sure schools and places where people work understand Autism better.

This will support people to:

• give Autistic students the support they need

• support Autistic people to get the job they want.

We also need to make public transport more inclusive for Autistic people.

What challenges do you face when trying to:

• study?
• find and keep a job?
• use public transport?

How can we improve services and supports so you can:

• take part in study?
• run your own businesses?
• find and keep a job?

Are there other ways that we can support Autistic people in these areas?