What jobs can an autistic person do?
What jobs can an autistic person do?
In addition to myself, I have two autistic employees. I have observed and researched many employer-related things:
1. Data entry: we almost never make a mistake or tire of such a task!
2. Engineering: we think in the proper way to manage black and white tasks of success or failure
3. Coding: I haven’t done this since it was called “programming” but I found it intuitive and easy but my passions moved elsewhere with time.
4. Financial analysis/Accounting: I find that we are very good at looking at data and finding patterns that lead to logical decision making.
5. Reading/negotiating contracts: We are very good at looking at the possible outcomes of an agreement and brainstorming additional clauses that should be included.
As an autistic with science degrees, I have to disagree with the answer that said it’s good for autistics to go into science because you don’t need to have good social skills. You might not need to be extroverted or deal with the public on a daily basis, but you definitely still need to get along with coworkers, bosses, and students or interns. With the oversupply of candidates for faculty positions (and industry jobs too) you can’t expect to get and keep a job just because you’re smart and good at science if you can’t communicate well and avoid irritating people. Professors and adjuncts are expected to be great communicators and teachers unless they’re “rockstar” researchers at institutions that value their ability to get grants over their student evaluations, and that is a very small niche in the overall academic ecosystem.
Most autistics are introverts and have sensory sensitivity and auditory processing issues, which leads to high anxiety dealing with strangers. That makes most of us a poor fit for a job dealing with the public, even though most job placement programs try to place them in retail or fast food positions if they think outside the sheltered workshop. Those jobs are plentiful entry level positions that don’t require specialized training or college, so they’re easy targets for job developers—even though the person may hate the job so much they need a job coach just to keep them from walking away when they’re overwhelmed by noise, smells, people.
But some autistics are also extroverted and/or sensory seeking. They might thrive in a public-facing job, particularly if most interactions follow scripts they can learn. One of those “feel good stories” going around a while ago featured a young autistic man who loved his job at Starbucks, for example.
It’s impossible to generalize to say what jobs or majors or hobbies are good for “autistic people” because we’re PEOPLE. We have more variability than non-autistic people, not less, and a job that suits one autistic may be awful for another.
I’m sorry to notice that the huge majority of people answering that question don’t know anything about autism, and of course are not autistic or asperger. Research progresses and there are loads of website detailing what autism actually is. But nonetheless, people still believe that autism is shyness.
Shyness is a temper. Normal people are often shy. Whenever they want, they crowd or leave the crowd at will.
Autism is a complex disorder caused by tens or hundreds of mutation in the genome and in the mitochondrial DNA, involving a atrophy of the corpus callosum, a deep modification of neural networks, and often causes years of epileptic crisis, modifying synapses. Other trouble frequently occur, as an anomaly of the blood vessel, low muscle tone, or increase in joint laxity. The brain of an autistic person is totally different from the brain of a shy person.
So, when you pretend being autistic, you mean you have most of those biologic issues. Have you really thought about that before answering the question, or did you just like the label enough to stick it to your name?
I wish I could answer the question myself, but things like the permanent brain fog, the low working memory, the angst to have to deal with social issues I may not be able to handle, the stress I strongly feel with repetitive tasks, the angst of not being able to find a job compatible with my handicap and nonetheless earning me enough money to concretely live on my own, in my own home. all this deters me from answering such a question.
I’m struggling every single day of my life to find solution. Since none else has come up with adequate solutions or methods to help me, I carry all the load of this research.
And to be honest, I’m fed up.
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