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Perfect jobs for people with autism.

Grace

This was keeping me up last night thinking about it. My brain is like that, once it locks on up a certain thought that's it, no sleep, no food.. just thinking time.

So what do you think r.e. this question?

I thought one of the most obvious perfect jobs for someone with autism must be a detective!

Nearly every detective I've watched on TV and read about is so OCD, they notice every little detail which everyone else misses and they are always thinking and over analysing everything - and a lot of them appear to be socially awkward, but that's ok, they have a plucky younger assistant to do the talking for them!

Well, not Columbo, but he kept his talking to a minimum anyway. Wink 

In my opinion I think being a detective would be so well suited for someone with autism - and if you don't like blood it doesn't have to be a homicide detective, there's lots of other branches you can go in to.

Ok I'm feeling like I should be working at the job centre now getting people the jobs they should be in lol. Laughing

  • I work in IT, which stereotypically attracts autistic people. There are loads of roles in IT that really suit the autistic mind - abstract visual thinking, attention to detail, hyper focus and many of them don’t really need a lot of interaction with other people.

    Dont know if you follow Temple Grandin, but she keeps saying half the people in Silicon Valley are autistic Joy

  • I do content writing which is absolutely perfect. I've been doing it since 2011 and have never had to communicate in any format other than written, I work from home, I can choose to take on work or not depending on how I'm feeling, and it's easy which means I can complete it quickly and have lots of time left over for my special interests. Unfortunately AI is now better at most of it than I am and so it's getting very difficult to find enough work. This is definitely not a time I would recommend to get started with it.

    I also did students' math/science projects for money for a while (through an essay mill) but it didn't pay anywhere near as well. Which is a shame because getting paid to do coursework, rather than paying to get access to a course, was great.

    My dream job would be studying for and sitting exams.

    I have no interest in tutoring as that involves interacting with people.

  • in reply to Homebird

    It sounds like you do interesting work. A few years ago I was working in the law service, which I think my autistic way of thinking and seeing the world differently really aided to my work - not that i knew I was autistic at the time.

    I'm signed off for mental health but as and when I'm in a better place I'll go back as I enjoyed my work.

  • in reply to Homebird

    I had to request the dates of death for a sister and brother of my grandfather, whenever I had to get a grant of probate for him.

  • There are quite a few jobs where you need that attention to detail including fraud investigators, tracing families of the deceased where there is no will and other parts of financial services for example. Part of my job involves that kind of skill which I find rewarding. I am not the quickest at some parts of my job but others in my team compensate for that. I do enjoy searching through information to solve a problem, so if that is something you enjoy doing it is worth looking at various jobs where you can use that skill.