. >> for example, years ago a young man came to ms. agnes said he needed help because he was stuck in a job doing dishes at a restaurant and couldn't get promoted. he said what can you do, and i said -- and he said he had a certificate from a college and i work -- and i want to work at a television station. i thought he could and we had a network with a tv manager. i took him over there and he was hired and the next year he was training the new people, and the other tv station lured him away. >> unfortunately there are no shortage of problems in the autism community that have not been addressed enough in congress and by the president. >> and there is one main factor making these problems for the autism community severely worse, covid-19. covid-19 has been affecting jobs and millions of americans are still unemployed. to make matters worse -- >> according to the -- people with autism. >> finding work for people with autism was already difficult. >> i was unemployed for three years i saw one rejected after another. >> according to ajay drexel