Table 4. Absolute and relative response frequency for participants without autism-specific job.
| Question type | General category | Sub-category | N | % | N | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barriers | Expected barriers | Occurred barriers | ||||
| Social problems | colleagues | 14 | 7 | 19 | 7 | |
| communication | 28 | 15 | 43 | 15 | ||
| customers | 8 | 4 | 10 | 3 | ||
| handling the diagnosis | 9 | 5 | 14 | 5 | ||
| interview | 12 | 6 | 14 | 5 | ||
| mobbing | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | ||
| supervisors | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | ||
| other | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Formality problems | agencies | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
| application process | 18 | 10 | 21 | 7 | ||
| equipment and environment | 23 | 12 | 47 | 16 | ||
| qualification | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||
| support | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | ||
| work routine | 19 | 10 | 38 | 13 | ||
| other | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Job demand problems | cognitive | 10 | 5 | 15 | 5 | |
| stress & psychosomatic | 8 | 4 | 19 | 7 | ||
| time-related | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| other | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Used solutions | ||||||
| Solutions | Self-solution | acceptance | 27 | 13 | ||
| avoidance / resignation | 27 | 13 | ||||
| communication | 18 | 9 | ||||
| compensation | 4 | 2 | ||||
| concealment of diagnosis | 4 | 2 | ||||
| information about diagnosis | 9 | 4 | ||||
| practice / qualification | 19 | 9 | ||||
| other | 27 | 13 | ||||
| External help | external institutions | 14 | 7 | |||
| private environment | 3 | 1 | ||||
| work environment | 46 | 22 | ||||
| other | 8 | 4 | ||||