Wow!!! Your job sounds both interesting and super peaceful! It also sounds like you enjoy it which I think is key. If you really enjoy your work that must be nice.

Ultimately I want to do veterinarian study so I can be a vet but if I could do something like what you're doing for a few years first that would be great

Everyone in my house doesn't enjoy their work and are mostly moaning about it and I'm hoping whatever I do after school will be something I enjoy and am interested in

I think I would like 2 teach as well but think I'd only B ok with a small class  

Mind u because of you tube you can do teaching videos online so that's another option 2 and it's from home which would probably suit so many people with asd

I'm lucky enough to be in one of the very few jobs that I'd have been capable of sustaining without total burnout. I'm in essentially a largely back-room record-by-record cataloguing-style job in an academic library. It requires a lot of fiddly attention to detail, but 80% of the gig is essentially a conveyor belt of stuff that I've built up a reservoir of knowledge about how to deal with and there's flexibility in the pacing as long as certain averages overall are hit. I also really like it. I suppose that's the main thing: Find something where you go in with a sense of gratitude, not dread, because the job complements who you are. We get exhausted faster anyway, so don't let people tell you should force yourself out of your comfort zone: neurotypicals more often need that sense of renewed discomfort and fresh challenge to keep their batteries charged, we more often need the opposite! And I no longer feel embarrassment about that, have spent enough time wrongly feeling inadequate when in fact my instincts have protected me from damage.  

I suppose as no two autistic people are the same, so if the above sounds unappealing no offence taken! But hopefully it sounds like a viable option for you. 

Loads of us have very well paid jobs in technology, but you’d need to either get some qualifications first or a place in an apprenticeship scheme (these are really good now).

This depends entirely on what you find easy and hard and to what degree.

I'm good at handling lots of data, working as a research assistant, turning historical documents into excel spredsheets was a good role for me.

I'm less good at dealing with an overwhelming environment, I worked at a farmers market on saturdays, but it wasn't sustainable as I was having to sleep 14 hours after a 6 hour shift due to the exhaustion. 

I'm good at teaching but only in small groups, so while I'm a good teacher, I wouldn't be able to handle a classroom. Whereas one of my autistic friends is in training to be a primary school teacher as that works for her. 

When I do do public interaction roles, I like to have a script, and I'm good at remembering and working through checklists, so first aid was a good volunteering role for me, but I'm careful about which events I do it for. I like outside events and classical music, but would not be able to do a non classical music concert because of the sensory aspect.

I tried applying to work in supermarkets but I failed their psychometric tests because they didn't feel I was suitable for a 'customer facing role', and that's without telling them I was autistic, they just picked up on it. 

So there are loads of options, what are you good at? What do you enjoy? Any special interests or hobbies? And what would make a role untenable for you?

What sort of jobs suit high functioning autists?

Really hard ones, really easy ones, ones with loads of people, ones with no people, ones with animals, ones with no animals, ones outdoors only, ones indoors indoor only, ones requiring design flair, ones that require no design flair, ones with numbers, ones with no numbers.

That doesn't cover everything, but you get the idea.

I've wondered about this as well because I finish school this year and then I'll need to get a job but I have no idea what job I'll go in to.

Ideally I want to be a vet because I'm passionate about animals

They're my special interest  but that will require further education college and then training

Both of which I can do but I struggle in the learning environment and it does put me off...

I've looked up online what jobs are good for people with autism and it says IT jobs and accounting, working in accounting, with children - noise might be triggering tho - and in a library.

So I guess they works b suitable?

Not sure I'd be interested in anything like that tho.

It says online to avoid working in shops and busy factories.