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Best types of jobs for people with autism

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I’ve been reading about in online articles about autism that some jobs are better than others for people with autism but in many cases, people do not have the relevant experience for these even if they can gain the relevant qualifications - for example, I’d only been allowed to be in supermarket jobs for 30 years in both Ireland and the U.K., a choice that was decided for me by others after leaving school and the only reason I stayed in retailing for so long, by people who believed in a firm discipline mindset long before my diagnosis in my particular case - this posed huge problems for me after my redundancy after 17 years in Sept 2019 and the reason why I was out of work for so long during Covid (even though I had some supermarket interviews just before Covid) as both during and after Covid the supermarkets would not touch me with a bargepole because of my long experience in junior roles, leading me to wonder all sorts - at age 52 now and although working in a hotel, I’m wondering how long it will last when and if the U.K. economy totally collapses 

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  • I've decided that because I enjoy researching and finding links and gaps and seeing how people react in different situations as well as linguistics that I would go into research. That means a lot of study which to be honest I'm struggling with and I have decided that I'm moving away from taught education as soon as I can. 

    Like Number says, it's a case of finding what works for you. I have worked in jobs that I have hated because I've been overstimulated (but I didn't understand that) so I have lost or left a lot of previous jobs. My employment history is not the best because of my reactions to various stresses.

    I do wonder if I will be able to find work once I have qualified, but I guess that's a worry for another day. I think it's much more important for us to enjoy the jobs we do because of how we often feel things so much more deeply than others. I don't think the type of job matters as much as enjoying it if I'm honest. 

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  • I've decided that because I enjoy researching and finding links and gaps and seeing how people react in different situations as well as linguistics that I would go into research. That means a lot of study which to be honest I'm struggling with and I have decided that I'm moving away from taught education as soon as I can. 

    Like Number says, it's a case of finding what works for you. I have worked in jobs that I have hated because I've been overstimulated (but I didn't understand that) so I have lost or left a lot of previous jobs. My employment history is not the best because of my reactions to various stresses.

    I do wonder if I will be able to find work once I have qualified, but I guess that's a worry for another day. I think it's much more important for us to enjoy the jobs we do because of how we often feel things so much more deeply than others. I don't think the type of job matters as much as enjoying it if I'm honest. 

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