I remember reading a story when I was in Year Seven about a First Nations American guy who was at school and said that he was leaving school to work for a man who held a market stall. Unfortunately, the man who held the market stall, after his teacher told him that he'd be sorry, came in at midday and asked the guy what he had made. He had made a ring that the market stall holder threw into a cabinet and asked if that was all. The guy went to a cave and worked where he could hear the chanting of his ancestors in his head as he worked.

Similarly, I remember reading a story that featured a First Nations Australian guy who saw an advertisement for a cabinet maker. The person at the agency said, "This man isn't a bit of chipboard, bit of laminex, this man is an artist." And sure enough, the man sourced fine timber and took his time to make something nice.

I think an autistic person needs to be able to be where the talents are valued and appreciated. So, an autistic who wants to be a cabinet maker should not be sent to a "Piece of chipboard, piece of laminex," place, they need to be sent to someone who shows appreciation for selecting say, a fine piece of oak, uses a lathe and turns it and carves an intricate design into it.

I would even say for an autistic barista that they need an employer who would say, "Okay, you come in an hour before the shop opens. Check off the bags of coffee beans, make sure that there's enough coffee beans on all the machines to start the day, and have a system in place to make sure that nothing holds you up."