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Autistic Careers

NAS69281

Hello everyone,

I'm a 28 year old girl, well I suppose woman but I don't feel like it!

Anyway, I was diagnosed almost a year ago now and have had zero support since. I'm high functioning and graduated from university five years ago. I have worked in the past and am perfectly capable, but I just can not work out what I want/can do. I definitely don't want an office job. I'd like to do something more practical. I want a career not a job. I just can't seem to find any appropriate support, anything that's out there seems to be for people who are, without sounding rude, less high functioning than I am. When I try to research appropriate jobs for autistic people a lot of what comes up is stuff like IT and software which is not me at all. I particularly struggle with the social side of things and am far better working on my own. Another thing I struggle with is that I will get an idea in my head and obsess over it for a couple of weeks. I will do lots of research and read as much as I can about that particular career and decide yes that's what I want to do. And then after a couple of weeks the idea sort of fizzles out and then I think oh I'm glad I didn't pursue that because I'm really not sure if that is what I want to do.

It's driving me absolutely insane. To make things worse I still live at home with my mum who is struggling financially and there's nothing I can do to help. I don't think I'm ever going to find the right career and it gets me so depressed.

Has anyone had any similar experiences? Or any advice? I would so so appreciate it. I'm at my wits end.

Thank you so much!

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  • Most of my friends are either aspie or (in my opinion) undiagnosed aspies.    We are all into engineering in one way or another.

    There's a whole range of engineering-type jobs that are not always office based ranging from project management to  installing wind farms to general maintenance engineers to building management (responsible for all the systems of office buildings and coordinating subcontractors to maintain & fix).    

    What do you like doing?   Are you an 'organiser' or a 'do-er'?    Are you practical, hands-on or more a thinker and a paper pusher?

    There's lots of niche jobs that can suit the ASD mind - as long as you are honest with yourself and how *you* function and realise what things will cause you overload and stress - and try to avoid them.

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  • Most of my friends are either aspie or (in my opinion) undiagnosed aspies.    We are all into engineering in one way or another.

    There's a whole range of engineering-type jobs that are not always office based ranging from project management to  installing wind farms to general maintenance engineers to building management (responsible for all the systems of office buildings and coordinating subcontractors to maintain & fix).    

    What do you like doing?   Are you an 'organiser' or a 'do-er'?    Are you practical, hands-on or more a thinker and a paper pusher?

    There's lots of niche jobs that can suit the ASD mind - as long as you are honest with yourself and how *you* function and realise what things will cause you overload and stress - and try to avoid them.

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