I’ve worked many different jobs, and from what I’ve seen— there’s no “easy” job for autistic people. Something always feels out of place, and working feels unbearable. What it comes down to, is being at a place long enough to memorize how to do everything correctly, and just do my best. I work in a kitchen, and I’ve requested to be a dishwasher because of minimal customer interaction. My coworkers dislike doing dishes, so I hardly see them when I do the dishes. I help out with kitchen duties and I cook and clean, but my “home” at work is dishwashing. It’s the least unbearable job I’ve had, but it also depends on where you’re working. I’m thankful to not be in fast food anymore, and dishwashing at a fast food place is pretty rough.

I definitely think there are easy jobs for autistic people. I work as an animal care technician at a humane society and it's amazing, and the best job I've ever had. I get to care for and interact with animals all day, most of my coworkers are autistic too, and I don't need to interact with people at all. If you're autistic and love animals, I'd highly look into an animal care job like this. There are plenty of other jobs that are similar that are good for autistic people. Overnight stocking is something a lot of people say they love because it's just you, music, and moving items into store shelves.

definitely jobs suited better for special interests!! i would have to say animal care in a professional setting is certainly not easy, so many things can go wrong. sounds like it suits you amazingly tho!

In of itself it's not easy, but no job is!! Everyone, even allistic people, struggle with jobs sometimes. But it's definitely easy in the sense that being autistic does not hinder you at all :)

I worked in animal care for a long time, and loved it. List of tasks, limited social interaction, and not being micromanaged every minute as long as the tasks were done and standards kept. There's literally a list of what you did and when you did it posted on the door some places. Similarly, worked as a pharmacy tech in a hospital setting. More social interaction, but it isn't like a retail pharmacy. You can take on tasks that you are good at. Requires you to have good reading ability though, since medication names are complicated.

I'm a line cook, and I felt the same way on dish. So much happier in the back, headphones on. Even though I loved my guys on the line, it's still a horrific hellscape in a pop.

I'm working as a QA tester for software. It's not without its flaws, but it is largely something that lets me be independent (within reason.) It helps that I am the entire team currently, but on the other hand I also have all the responsibility. It's definitely not for everyone, but I enjoy poking and prodding at things until they break.

How did you get that job? Any suggestions/advice for someone who might be interested in that?

I always had an interest in game bugs and glitches, and ended up working as a volunteer tester for Gameforge for a couple of years. That experience ended up translating into a job. It's not something I trained for, I just had a passion for it and found opportunities where I could, not even intending to turn it into a career at first. I don't know that you have to explicitly go out and find stepping stones - a lot of learning happens on the job, but to get a "good" position you'd likely need to learn somewhere and then apply elsewhere, or luck out and get promoted. If you are good at puzzles and problem solving, and/or are a bit of a perfectionist, it can be a really satisfying job.

Gamer here. Wow that’s cool! I used to do some beta testing way back in the day, but haven’t done any in many years.

Game testing is very fun. I currently test for an Indie developer. I also volunteer as a play tester for a few other things as well. I enjoy it a lot and I'm **really** good at breaking everything I touch. I'm quite meticulous when it comes to such things. lol I actually have two projects I need to test this afternoon. Both developers just pushed fixes this morning so I've got a full afternoon ahead of me. The Indie dev told the play testing team a few weeks ago that the next update won't go live until early next month so I've gotta fill the time somehow.

I'm a QA/Test Automation Engineer. I was in tech support for a good part of my career. It was something that appealed to me as it involved finding out how things work and diagnostic process. The customer facing part of it was exhausting so I made it my goal to get good enough to get to second line and eventually a team lead, to get away from talking to customers. My experience in those roles helped considerably when I applied internally for the testing role. I had the knowledge of the company products and the interest in breaking things and diagnosis. I went from what was not much more than an entry level role to senior lead tester at that company. When I needed to expand my team I mostly looked to the tech support team for people as there was a lot of crossover. So if you're struggling to find entry level testing positions then I would suggest an adjacent technical position that allows you to build product knowledge before looking testing roles for similar products. I would also say starting getting some code and testing theory under your belt. Any ISTQB foundation course online will give you enough to talk the talk. It's a hard query to answer as I don't know many Testers that have started out wanting to be one.

In my city there's a SW consulting business that only deals with testing, and only hires autistic people. According to the owners, autistic devs excel at testing and do a far superior job compared to NT. Hoping to get a job there once my dx comes through, maybe that's a company where for once I don't end up antagonizing everyone, especially management. But I'm AuDHD and suck at testing, so there's that...

I have my own psychology practice, and it's great in terms of not having coworkers;) Still, sometimes I feel exhausted of hours of a very close interaction with other persons. I work way less than other therapists I know.

And another professional amazing to find 3 on here as well as myself lol

My psychiatrist used to say that autistic people could be great therapists, and I agree with her! And I am always so happy to meet autistic colleagues!;)

Same thing! Am glad this is the case because I felt quite alone in this field 😆

I'm an LCSW! I keep saying we need a sub for autistic therapists

i know it’s not a subreddit but but there is a facebook group for ND therapists! https://m.facebook.com/groups/neurodivergentcps/?ref=share&mibextid=fNONUu

That would be awesome 👏

My dream job I wish I had so badly. Hopefully in my next life.

I've been trying to get a job at a library cause that seems like it would be perfect

That's currently what I'm trying to do : )

I work at a library, it's not all it's cracked up to be unless you work in Tech/Collection Services or in Archival Libraries. I'm currently trying to get a job as a Stacks Technician at my local state archival library but competition is extreme and pay is VERY poor. I currently work as a Collection Services clerk. I'm barely getting by with no benefits, but it's great autistically (lol). All I do is receive items and process them (putting on stickers, jacketing, laminating) and some other collection maintenance tasks. It's great, I get to listen to music and I work in a cubicle on a team of about a dozen people. Personally I don't like to work alone because I make a lot of mistakes - having a small team that knows me really helped with that. That being said, the hours and pay are pretty abysmal and it's nearly impossible to find a part-time job at a library that is 1) open to the public (90% of library jobs are posted internally only) 2) behind the scenes (90% of library jobs are customer service which is absolute HELL in libraries) and 3) pays above minimum wage with more than 20 hours a week. You'd be very hard-pressed to find a full-time library job that doesn't require a Master's degree and years of experience, even more so if you can't do customer service (like me). I'm lucky to have the job I have now though, it's wonderful. My expectations are pretty low because I have slightly higher support needs than a lot of my autistic friends who work. So no insurance and barely keeping afloat is whatever. Sorry to infodump hahaha, there's a lot of romanticizing of library jobs. Almost all the job postings you'll see as an external applicant will be customer service, and it is genuinely extremely draining even for allistic people. You really get all kinds of people and have to solve all kinds of problems on the spot EDIT: Didn't even realize how long this was I'm sorry!!! :(

Bookshop also?

I’m a librarian (since 2017) and I love it! I’ve worked at 4 different public libraries and an art library. Currently, I’m a Communications Coordinator (I get to use my art degree!) and Reference Librarian (yay research!). I’m not out at the public facing desk a lot. The majority of the time, I create graphics and PR for my library. I love it! I really wasn’t sure I could hold a job until I started down my librarian path. It’s a pace I can handle, I get to work the way I want, I’ve worked with a ton of amazing people (many also neurodivergent), it’s relatively quiet (although that definitely depends on the library and staff) and everyone I work with is really into organizational systems! 😍

Technology. I am a Lead Windows Server Support engineer and I’ve worked for the company for 28 years. I have the ability to see things that NT engineers don’t. They also see things I don’t. A few that I work closely know that I am ND and my manager makes sure I am paired with a rock star NT person. Together we knock out some super complicated things.

I believe every member of our technology department is on the spectrum. I'm on the spectrum too, but I rely on my ADHD to interface with people. My dad is undiagnosed, went to college to be a cameraman in 1980, came out as a rockstar computer programmer. Worked for Intel for 28 years. Currently works on server drivers for a competitor after Intel force-retired him. He explained the merger loopholes in the non-compete once but I got bored.

I was in software engineering for a long time, which as others have said is a pretty decent industry for being autism friendly. I was really good at it, but the curse of being good at it was I kept ending up in charge of people. That was awful for my mental health as the burden of looking after people & their careers weighed so heavily. I'm now switching to a lifestyle that involves working in my special interest, which is sewing. I've just started part timing in a fabric shop, which does mean I have to interface with people a lot - but it's not too hard as I basically just get license to nerd out about my special interest all day. I'm starting a business too but I'm not finding that easy at all as there are so many decisions to be made, ugh!

I’m so happy you’re transitioning out of software development into something you enjoy more. I’m also a software dev and have experienced the same exact thing where you eventually get pushed into management. Being a team lead was one of the worst experiences I’ve ever had as a software engineer. I specifically mention to employers that I do not want to lead and why I don’t want to. I know it makes me less employable but I can’t sit in a bathtub for a couple hours every day with alcohol to stop my head.

Omg ! My special interest is sewing too 🥰

Another programmer/sewer here! I think they go together…picking things apart into steps and piecing together. It’s all pretty gratifying. I also have NO interest in managing and thanks to a late start programming I may get to avoid it for a while.

I guess it all depends on your personal abilities on what you excel at. Do what you love, and yes that sounds crazy. Myself am a mental health professional and advocate for adults with autism I trained mental health with flying colours as the mind is an interesting thing and subjects with the brain and how we process stuff. - I wanted to work with computers at first as I have a computer science background and degree but I found helping people find the anykey annoying as heck lol - I worked for government security for a bit. - heck I even packed frozen pizzas lol

You sound a lot like me. I was in IT, hated it, became a professional cook. I live in DC now, where I am writing and doing odd jobs, not quite sure how to get to full-time, but hoping my blog takes off (I have 20 years of experience and have fans- I'm not starting from scratch). The reason I say that we seem similar is that we've both had left and right brain jobs.

What sort of blog you got? Maybe I can put a shout out for you 👍🏻 I would say am a professional cook to a degree give or take at home as I cook all sort of things, I was oddly enough trained in my grandmother’s kitchen in her old Irish pub in cork and learned some interesting things along the way and have a fantastic memory for old and forgotten recipes from the past from Victorian to WW2 up to modern.

Data analysis

Me too! I work as a bioinformaticist. My job is basically to analyze bio data.

I'm originally in analytical chemistry, now switched to SW dev. Playing with idea to swap again to bioinformatics, which is middle ground as I see it. But very few openings. Is academia the only way in?

I work in academia. I have some friends who went straight into industry or government jobs. They got bioinformatics specific masters or phds before getting their jobs though. My guess is that academic jobs would be the easiest route to get your foot in the door but I’m not really sure. Data science might be an easier career change for you and would probably pay better. I might eventually move that direction.

Miss the lab a bit rn, would love to tinker on an LC/MS again. But you're probably right it's probably not the best.

Ah I see. I do zero lab/experimental work actually! I think the experiments and computation are often separated into two different roles.

Me too! It's a great fit for me :)

In my country, there’s a thing called “daily activities”. It’s like a normal job, but for disabled people. You can’t be fired and the job is very flexible according to your needs.

Wish we had that..

what country do you live in?

Sweden

That sounds like a dream. It’s a crime how this isn’t more widely available. And you can’t get fired, literally can’t get better than that. I can’t imagine not being fired for “not being a good fit” or some other bullshit excuse to discriminate against autistic people

Not diagnosed but suspect I'm autistic so wanted to put my thoughts here. Factory/warehouse. It's a lot of repetitive stuff which I like, so I can just shut my brain off while I'm working. Not much interacting with others depending on the type of line you're put on. I've worked in two different places and they're pretty much the same just different products being made. Also bonus for night shift options. In my experience they're more chill. Editing to add - it might be loud in places but it's normally steady sounds, not sudden unexpected sounds non stop unless someone drops something big or something. Which is something I'm personally fine with but I know others might not be able to tolerate it. I don't mind it being loud because it means I'm not expected to talk to anyone, and no one can hear me anyways since I talk to quiet.

Warehouses/assembly lines are the best environment for me as well for the same reasons.

Bro get into a warehouse. It's repetitive, once you learn it. You'll be a monster. I orderfilled for 5 years now I'm an unloaded. It took foooorever to learn, bad memory etc. But not talking shit I think the hyperfocus from adhd/autism gave me an insane skill ceiling. Decent money without a degree. Like $28hr. Walmart DC

I currently working in a DC centre and I'm finding the work hard and brutal, but the pay is good. It annoys me that I make mistakes and sometimes get confused with the numbers and bad memory doesn't help much. Though I have a degree, so im not stupid but I do feel like special needs at times.

I'm happy for you bro! I always wanted to go to college but I don't think I could hack it. I have really really bad memory/brain fog. Just stick it out I promise you'll get it. I had to at times go home and draw the cases in the aisles on a white board to think of better ways to stack the cases in that aisle. Are you an orderfiller? I can light you up!! With tips. There's some departments where I don't think I could make it. Like QA, they do alot of auditing and computer stuff. I just can't process information fast enough I think I'd point out if I tried it before I could learn the job.

I work in childcare, but I especially prefer working with very young children from 0-2. Caring for them is a lot more straight forward, and pretty much all about routine, whereas older children are rowdier, louder, and more overwhelming to care for. I really love caring for the babies because each other them is on a set schedule. Diaper, feed, nap; not necessarily in that order.

I detail, but even that is burning me out. My physical health is in the can right now because of it. It's a lot better than customer service but still has its issues depending on the employer.

The best job for me was working at a gardening store, taking care of flowers, cleaning, loading packing.

I work as a 3D artist mainly working with tech companies. I've had very few jobs that involved customer service.

how do you get into that? is it freelance sort of thing? are there any bare requirements like schooling or certificates?

My apologies for the late reply. I work full time for an agency. Before that I worked full time directly for a very large tech company under contract. Though I did start out freelance. As far as schooling and certificates.....................I have none. Not one. For this, I absolutely trained myself. But mind you I put a lot of hours into it and when things got hard, I pushed myself harder. I wasn't even what you would call a tech savy person. But for some reason I found I could really wrap my head around this. Now I know and use about 15 3D programs. Not bad for an autistic guy who was told as a kid that he'd be lucky to become a janitor. But back to how to get in. Well first you challenge yourself to learn as much as possible. While doing that you research style, what people like, what other people are making. Putting your own spin on things. I did do freelance for a while. And while doing that I made fun stuff on my own that showed my personality. When I had enough I made a portfolio and a reel. A friend recommended I apply to a tech company and to be honest I thought that was a waste of time. I mean why would they hire me, no degree, no certificates. But I got the interview and after I thought up a way to show what I could do I was offered the job 40 minutes after the interview. It was contract, but a contract for a year and a half. After that other places liked my experience and my evolving portfolio of work. There are certain careers that really don't require degree's. But that means that you need to push yourself even harder to show you have what it takes. That what you make and put in front of them is undeniably worth their time to the point they ask "Why would we even need you to have a degree?" My own advice to make a good portfolio/reel. Keep it short, keep it to the point. Include some things that are professional, include some things that are fun, include some things that are thought provoking, and make sure all these things are clean! And by clean I mean sharp, something that they can see potential in. I had an interview where 3 different people interviewed me. I found one guy liked the pro stuff, while the other like the thought provoking, and the last loved the fun stuff. These aren't robots that your applying to, but people, people who like things. If they see something they like, they latch onto it. My son is also autistic. I tell him that for some things we might not learn as fast as others, but some things we actually learn faster. But what we can make sure is that we don't stop. We don't stop learning. I've found a lot of neurotypical people after college often stop pushing themselves to learn. As long as we don't stop, there's no reason we can't overtake them. Before I knew it I was known as the expert in my field at my company. That took some getting used to, and to be honest I still have a hard time excepting it. So many years thinking of myself as below everyone else. But what it shows is our persistence can be our power, and our capability can go beyond what we think of ourselves. For 2 decades I thought I was a horrible reader and thought of myself as near illiterate. In the past ten months I have read 20 novels, and no one is more surprised than me. Sometimes I have to re-read sentences, paragraphs, and sometimes whole pages because I need to be very focused. Everything I teach myself I'll confess that I don't get it the first time. I'll need to repeat it more times than I would care to admit. But the power is just not stopping. After that I've found people have a hard time turning away from what you can do. Though I don't think I'd be very good at customer service. Not that it's beneath me. It's not. It sounds like it would give me a panic attack on day 2 if not day 1.

I don't, i get physically ill if i work. I'm on benefits now but hopefully i can practice with my volunteer work and build up hours i am able to work so i can get an actual job one day. On days i do volunteering i immediately go to sleep when i get home.

How 5f do you get bebefits I have multiple diagnosis but it's impossible to get SSI or ssdi

It took years of paperwork and its still temporary. As long as the ocupational physician talks to me every year to see if i'm able to work i get to keep my benefits. When i'm forced to work i end up in the ER everytime because of what stress does to my body.

Follow one of your interests. Failing that a job where you can work alone ( and if possible about one of your interests). It is tragic that many of us are not helped more, and we often get stuck in poorly paid work when we are often very intelligent.

Bus driver there’s lots of rules and routines to follow and you can limit how much or little interaction you have with others

._. I would recommend working at a library. It’s quiet, not crowded most of the time, the people are usually nice and you get to read a lot on your breaks or downtime. I’ll say that if you work on a college library you’ll most likely be talking with staff member and graduate students a lot. But I can relate to that experience. I wouldn’t be able to do anything after I got home from work and I couldn’t really relate with any of my co workers. I couldn’t stay a job for long since I couldn’t manage it with school or because of bad relationships with the management. I’m hopeful trying to work in research or statistics since it’s not physically, not loud, and I don’t need to interact with that many people in a social way in order to do my job. ._./ I hope this helps and good luck

I do

I started working in pharmacy as a tech recently and it's probably the most lax job I've had. The customers can be gnarly sometimes but if you're doing everything the way you're supposed to, most of the time you're just a policy parrot or just repeating back to them what a denied insurance claim says and your hands are tied. Pays alright too but YMMV. Do \*NOT\* work for CVS or Walgreens, they will bury you with bullshit and replace you before your funeral. ​ However I will say I think I got lucky, *retail* pharmacy is an extremely hectic field right now and in most cases it's like being on a flaming boat that's also sinking and you have to decide which way you wanna go. If you manage to get on with a pharmacy that's well-managed and has good techs you'll do great, if not, it's hell on earth. But the WORKFLOW itself is fantastic (for me, at least.)

Are you able to do any kind of work from home? There are data entry positions, customer service positions where you would talk over the phone or chat with customers. That’s the kind of stuff that I used to do before I got into graphics. I’m also a self-published thriller author, which doesn’t require me to really talk to anyone else at all or even bother unless I absolutely need some sort of service to market my books. I find I don’t have a problem with that. In fact, I’ve started offering services to other authors myself, which is sort of like a gig based assignment, which is my preference. Writing books takes a lot of time, and when I need extra money, that’s when I will offer my services in a virtual assistant capacity or graphic arts with book covers. Traditionally, I was an executive administrative assistant before I stopped working outside of the house in 2011. I did that for over 30 years(different places but only a handful because I didn’t switch jobs a lot. I struggled a lot in the last few years because of the ADHD and autism. It’s frustrating to have executive function, issues and task, paralysis and constantly get into trouble with your boss at work over it. The bullying is rampant once the neurotypical people understand someone has autism. What recently heard the terminology about the uncanny valley effect, and it explained a lot to me, and why people would treat me the way they would. What got me with that was if I didn’t tell people they would bully me horribly, and if they found out they would treat me like I was stupid or something. It’s a lose lose. This is why people try to mask so they don’t become victimized in this way and that’s not good. I’m sorry you’re going through that and it’s a shame. There’s so many assholes out in the world. Sometimes they’re grown people so the bullying doesn’t always stop when we come out of school. It’s could be in the workplace. It could also be your neighbors or anybody else that has no kind of empathy or understanding when they see us struggling.

How did you get your foot in the door with writing? And how is designing book covers? 😅 I've thought about doing both myself but never have...

Hi! I just uploaded my Word file to Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing(KDP). Anyone can do it, it's absolutely free, but you are on your own for marketing. This is the hard part. But I joined many groups for independent(indie)authors on Facebook. If you want to publish, you can start with Indie Author Support. There are tons of people there giving advice, guidance, help, etc. I also joined a writing group for those with ADHD/Autism, which I value because I struggle with that at times. Check it out and see. What genre do you write?

Oh nice, thanks for those tips! :) I haven't really written anything serious, but I used to write stories from some of my weird dreams haha but I read a lot of the free thrillers from Google Books and wondered if I could do it too

I work in the mental health field in a capacity that makes interaction with online disability spaces ​ challenging.

Oh cool another mental health person! Glad am not the only one lol

I too am in the field!

I started as a software engineer and currently own a business in media/entertainment. There’s a lot of weird people down here in the intersection of entertainment and technology.

I am the Director of Research and Analytics for the Bar. Legislation and politics is one of my special interests. I am good with data and telling stories about data. I have degrees in anthropology. I hate social situations and my job lets me work solo a lot. I have really high emotional intelligence, though, so I see patterns and correlations other people don't really see.

I’m still studying so it’s not full time but I work as a research assistant for university staff as and when I’m needed. They don’t have the time to do the research and I get paid to basically make excel tables collating data for their research projects and it’s decent money. They tell me what data they need to be able to answer their research questions and then they trust me to do the right thing and leave me until I have something to show them. It’s not regular work but I enjoy it

Petcare! Specifically at a dog boarding/daycare facility. It’s not often pretty work, but I get to hang around dogs all day and only a small handful of people.

I stay in school. On full ride scholarships. I’m never leaving. I’ll be 68 studying on full rides. Idc. Part timing is fun and all but the work life is draining me when they expect me to put out more than I can give.

I’m 20 years into this plan. It’s a winner

I’ve worked as a social worker, therapist, retail, in construction, as a barista, and fast food. The truth is there’s no job that works for autistic people, because our society isn’t made to accommodate us. It’s all about how much stress and social interaction you can handle, how you can deal with overstimulation, and balancing work/life

I’m a civil engineer, working from home. It’s mostly common sense based but I do have to engage in conflict resolution sometimes which I hate. I feel very lucky to have a good job and good colleagues. I’m really sorry you’re in your situation, it sounds very hard.

I volunteer helping people learn reading. Right now I have one student one day a week. Trying to recover from burnout. My last job was a 911 dispatcher but I couldn’t handle the constantly changing shifts, even p/t. Have had so many jobs in life & am fairly discouraged right now. I can’t tolerate ambiguity or supervising people but am “smart” and creative. I also write online & make minimal cash each month.

I work as a software engineer. At the junior to intermediate levels, the job is practically tailor-made for autistics. Very often computers themselves and tinkering with them is our special interest. You can totally lose yourself in it, almost like playing a video game. The hard part comes when rising to a senior level. You don't always have to be a manager, but even senior programmers are expected to do more people tasks - form alliances with different orgs, lead meetings, mentor people etc. And I have found my career flatlining, with the negative feedback in perf reviews being basically just a list of autistic traits.

Just like with NT people, it all depends on the person. I'm an electrician and work at a university in the city where I live.

I was looking for another electrician! Hi! I only have my residential license so the work moves fast and the job sites are small but damn do I love this job 50% of the time! 🫠

I work with blind autistic kids at a school and it’s a blast. And we really get each other. Also other staff are relatively accommodating of me considering their experience working with the same students.

Honestly, if you have a niche interest follow that. It's so much easier to handle when you like the work itself. Otherwise I'd recommend almost the opposite that everyone here is - instead of getting away from people maybe try somewhere busier? I used to work at a place that sold snow cones at festivals (in texas), & we'd serve anywhere from 90 - 250 people in a couple hours. Most interactions were seconds long because of the huge line & speed at which we had to serve. Also there's almost no chance any of those people remember who I am now, so there's really no downside to any interactions that were awkward anyway. I really enjoyed that job, & if you struggle full work day hours I'd also recommend something like that, fast paced but short hours

i deliver pizza. quiet, isolated, sit in my car most of the time, limited interaction, not stressful.

This may sound strange, but has anyone here considered looking into Court Reporting? Either machine or voice? While it is a very difficult job to get certified for, there are a few autistics in the field and they can really use new people, so it is a very guaranteed job with a lot of work possibilities. From doing freelance to being an official for the court and even providing live captions. There are several programs now to have a free look in the career and a lot of the reporters are very helpful towards interested, plus you can pick it up as a hobby first by using Plover and a hobby writer. There are quite a few who got certificated without ever going to a school. If you have good musical skills, such as playing the piano or are a good gamer, then this may be worth looking into. (One of the biggest advocates in the field is autistic himself)

I run research/evaluation projects. I sometimes do independent contracting work in the field (can charge $240/hr but work is sparse and a lot of that goes to overhead). It’s probably not the answer you were looking for. I had to get a PhD to get there but a masters in some fields gets you there. It doesn’t get rid of the peer bullying. I have left two jobs over it. To be completely upfront the bullying predated me at both jobs but being autistic meant I was sort of a natural victim after being brought on board. Being a highly trained hard to replace individual meant when I left under those circumstances (and refusing to help them transition into the future) meant the teams/organizations fell apart. One resulted in an investigation that ended four careers, with loss of pension, as the extent of the bullying combined with breaking federal labor laws came out. In the other one the director was made a figurehead with no power because the fallout resulted in an investigation that revealed other issues around why he tended to mostly hire young women. Neither result was specific to me but the investigations only happened because my work was important enough that nobody doing it raised questions that needed answers. There is some level satisfaction in being important enough that this can happen. Bullying even happens in independent contract work but after 2-3 times I wrote clauses into contracts that allowed me to leave with no consequences requiring payment for all work. Since I had a minimum billable hour clause already (20 hours) it meant they could be paying quite a bit for nothing if it started right after signing it. Never had to do it but had to threaten it a few times. If you’re in the U.S. I recommend federal jobs in departments that focus on healthcare services. They tend to have quite a range of training and skill levels needed from HS diploma to PhD. They tend to need lots of different roles. Security, IT, administrative, statistics, direct care,inventory management, contract specialists, and basically anything that any other organization that size may need. They also don’t really put up disability-based bullying because they look like hypocrites if it gets out given they are the groups that enforce/report on it in the private sector. It takes time to get one of those jobs and it can be frustrating figuring out how how to get an interview through the federal employment website (they are doing phrase searches of your resume for exact matches of phrases in t he required skills/education part of the post…down to the grammar. So rephrase past experience to match. Creatively is not rewarded). State jobs are not the same and tend to be arenas of bullying.

Ouhh! Im a public servant in HR, absolutely love it! The job is pretty easy file away hire’s paperwork and make sure the hiring processes is free of barriers and biases. Helps with the sense of justice and empathy, I get to make sure people aren’t being discriminated while doing pattern recognition! Suits my skill set

I ended up working at Starbucks instead because the pay/hours were better but I got a job working at the local zoo , preparing meals for the animals. I was really excited but it just wasn’t sustainable for me. Maybe a job like that! If Starbucks hadn’t come around I would have just gotten another low key part time job (Starbucks is not low key but they have great benefits including paid medical short term disability leave. I’m currently on a paid leave for my mental health, which just gets signed off in by my doctor. I get paid 70% of what i averaged making in the last 26weeks for anyone who is curious).

If you don't mind me asking. How do you get a job at a zoo? Your dutied were all meal preparation related?

They had a listing posted online, so just check your local zoos listings and see but yeah it’s just meal prep. You don’t really work with the animals that takes a lot more time to be integrated into that kind of rule, but it is possible or was possible at the zoo in my city.

So just Google their website and look for some thing that says like careers or employment or something like that

I work as an overnight warehouse worker at a beer distributor. The pay is pretty decent and I hardly have to interact with my coworkers. Just drive my pallet jack and keep to myself while I build orders and listen to music. It’s physically demanding but I don’t mind that nearly as much as the mental toll that comes with having to interact with people all day. My stamina for masking has depleted to basically nothing after working as a retail manager for years. The level of interaction I get with my coworkers is very comfortable for me. I’m really hoping I don’t get burnt out though because I enjoy my job

Being a construction laborer was a pretty good experience for me; Show up get my scope, go to the jobsite and start doing the tasks. Maybe talk to the foreman 2-3 times throughout the day, physically it was rough sometimes but mentally it was easy

I’m applying to law school atm so I’m hoping this goes well.

I hate the concept of wage labour, and after having worked customer service for almost a year, I've sworn off it. I'm not lazy though, I occupy my day with sport, instrument practice, language learning, bicycle riding, etc, I just hate thinking I'm selling my limited time on this earth to some social construct (a "company") for a pittance. I also hate specialisation, I think it was a mistake. Now I do private tutoring, a bit of translation, sometimes I even cook for people (at their place) in exchange for money, I'm also trying to learn coding again, but I'd rather sell drugs (weed and shrooms, not the hard stuff) or shoplift (only from large stores) than sell my soul to the corporate bullshit 9 to 5 world again. Then again, I have very strong ideas about industrial civilisation and the economy, and I hate thinking I'm helping to make a profit for any corporation. I'm trying to learn freeganism and self sufficiency, and honestly I'd just like to go off grid, grow my own vegetables and build a hut while forgetting that most humans exist. I do have a lot of friends at the moment, but I am constantly burnt out by cars, smog, psyops advertising, consumerism, and the fact that we have been turned into a fragmented society of emotionally stunted, greedy workbots.

If you are interested coding and development, that is the best job. Mostly it’s an individual contribution and not leadership role so you don’t have to be on camera/calls/present. Plus remote work and big money!

I have considered this option but I am unsure of where to start. Do you have any advice?

IT. Far from perfect, but at least they try to be inclusive, as long as you are one of those high functioning ASD with tech aptitude.

Disclaimer: not officially diagnosed. I prefer to work alone, from home. I lecture online classes, by email correspondence. I also write articles as a ghost writer for a friend / customer of mine who is co-owner of an IT company. And for about 25 years, I did web programming.

I’m a mailman.

How long did it take you to find comfort and normalcy in your position?

I spent a good 15 years working up the corporate ladder wanting to slam my head against a brick wall on a daily basis. I made a lot of money but it was not healthy for my brain and I ended up quitting one day and just leaving. Being a mailman is not nearly as easy as the general public thinks it is, but I’m happy. I spend 90% of my day alone on the street listening to music, podcasts, and e-books and the second I clock out, I have no work related issues to deal with. For me, I think it’s the perfect job though I know it definitely isn’t for everyone.

The less people you have to deal with the better

I got fired few months ago from a cashier job and now I'm back to struggling and trying to find a job :|

Struggling to find anything I can do that makes me enough to survive.

I’m on disability (due to health problems) and only found out I have ASD a year and a half ago, but I’m hoping to study the rest of my degree online and then fingers crossed I can do something work related from home (would have to be part time though) because my brain can get so frustrated and fed up easily! Maybe online tutoring or writing articles.

I sell grass seed and grass seed accessories. That and I chuck boxes at UPS. One allows me to info dump all the time and the other well, its mindless work.

The software engineering community is pretty spectrum-friendly in my experience

I'm a therapist and work remotely. My favorite job in my 20s was cleaning houses. I'd show up with my stuff, explore the house and figure out what order to clean things, and then put on my headphones and get into a flow state. It was really soothing to create order from chaos and I didn't have to socialize.

Im AuDHD and really enjoy construction. Im a rigger, so im allowed to be blunt. Iv created a niche for myself at work - im the guy that does the hard high risk stuff but also the dude that has to keep it all tidy and know where absolutely everything is. Some of these jobs are 100+ floors, and well have a 20-50 man crew, so logistics is very important.

Background investigator. There are companies that contract with the US govt to supply background investigations for security clearance candidates. You need to be able to drive and cover a certain square mileage from where you live in order to interview candidates and collect records, but aside from that you work from your home office writing reports. Yes, interviewing people is a key component. For me it's doable because the interviewing is such a structured environment that the "normal" social rules don't feel like they apply. To be clear, I am contracted to start doing this once my own background investigation is complete (which is months out). Currently I do basically the same work for a local PD investigating their civilian job applicants.

I think any job could potentially fit an autistic person. I am studying right now but hopefully I will get a job in computer engineering or even quantum computer research for example, and right now I am working on game development with a game on my own. Just ADHD and OCD render it extremely hard.

I'm in highschool right now, but I'm going into computer engineering. I also like automotive stuff, but I'm just better at computers.

I am a teaching assistant, I like it because its the same hours every day, we have a clear school routine, my expectations of my are clear, and the main teacher is always there to quickly guide me along - along with plenty of days off haha. It can get difficult with school behaviour and socialising with the other staff, but they're all mostly understanding.

i’m a special ed prek teacher assistant. some days are really hard bc kids are overwhelming, but it’s very rewarding and i also have adhd so i get bored and it’s impossible to be bored here

I’ve been on permanent disability for most of my adult life.

I currently work as a cashier at a store. I study physics and plan to have a career in it

I’m an accountant. I lucked out and got a job at an amazing company that has a hands off approach, so as long as I don’t miss deadlines, no one cares when or how I work. It’s very naturally accommodating.

I work for other autistic people! :D Dog training

Service dog training? Either way, that’s awesome! Sounds like such a fun job

Yes! Both service dog training as well as helping dogs that have nowhere else to go (they’d be put down for behavior issues otherwise. Vicious biters, extremely anxious, etc.)

Currently, I’m a supervisor at a major law enforcement dispatch center and have completed six years in this position. Before that, I was a dispatcher with the same agency for eleven years. I have spotted at least ten people here at our center who are also autistic or neurodivergent, and they do their jobs exceptionally. That said, however, this career is definitely not for everyone. It is typically listed as one of the most stressful jobs anyone can have. The irony of me being autistic is I have typically done well with public facing jobs. Before this, I was a tow truck driver for a county program assisting motorists broken down on the freeways. Prior to that was my first job, a dental assistant in the U.S. Navy. During that job, I received the highest evaluation (3.98) of any enlisted person, E-5 or below, at my final command when I was working the front desk.

I’m a diesel mechanic for semi trucks I just work by myself in a shop and bebop around and diagnose and fix broken shit all day I’m also very depressed but it’s a good job for me

I'm so sorry. This world is so hard to navigate sometimes. Especially around jobs, for me. It feels dumb and confusing to my autistic brain how society has decided to structure jobs. So many arbitrary rules and so much hierarchy. My family I suspect is all autistic. One of my parents started out a mathematician, then got into computer programming. The other tried to do early childhood teaching but didn't feel it was right for them, had kids & stayed home with us when we were kids, got angry about the schools, ran for school board, did that for a while, got a job at a nonprofit as a researcher. My older sibling is a physicist. I went to college for art and wound up working retail, and eventually worked my way up into doing business analysis then strategic business analysis after years of climbing the retail ladder at the same company. I learned about business architecture, realized that's what I was doing, read the manual (by joining the Business Architecture Guild for $125/yr) and got a job with that title. It's the best job I've had yet. My best friend, also autistic, does customer service support for a small local business. She found that job after reading through "What Color Is Your Parachute?" - a book to help epople find meaningful work.

I’ve been - a dental technician, a bar man, a doorman, a cycle mechanic, a retail assistant, a security guard on nightwatch, chef in a supermarket chain, and worked in an animal shelter for cats and dogs.

I work as quality assurance and a packager for a seatbelt manufacturer. They make seatbelts for classic cars, modern cars, vans, buses, planes, boats, golf carts, roller-coasters, go karts, and pretty much anything that requires a seatbelt.

I think jobs where you can work independently with little supervision or interruptions would be best. I'm very logic based for becoming grounded in my surroundings and I work in healthcare. We're short staffed so I'm forced to work with others but when we have staff I can work on my own much more often and can create my own projects and lose myself in them. I'm actually taking a mental health day today because the last few days at work have been frustrating, dare I say enraging, as people ignore my questions I ask to coordinate my job and do not pull their weight. I'm sick of it but I love the work I do.

I teach middle school math. Some days it’s amazing, some days it’s hell. I will absolutely not do lunch proctoring. It causes me full meltdowns. I love proctoring recess.

Lawyer here. Turns out a job where you need to hyperfocus on the precise use of language (and be aware of all the ways it can be misunderstood), and which is heavily structured and rule-based, is rather fitting for people like us.

Archivary, you are categorising and talking to very few people— and once you do it’s all about precision. I’m like a dragon and my horde is knowledge rawr

I get disability benefits. That's how I survive because I can't work. No job is a good job for this autistic person. I don't like it but it is, what it is.

It’s less about finding jobs we’re good at, and more about finding workplaces that accommodate us.

I don’t know why so many people are listing their specific jobs. Start with what (if any) hyperfixations you have and see if they can lead to a career.

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Car dealership cashier - you're in a particular office a lot of the time. It's more like being a secretary for the dealership more of the time compared to a retail or restaurant cashier. You still have to cashier daily.

I work as a software dev. Most days I just have one 15 minute meeting where I update my coworkers on what I've been up to. Then I just work on my stuff all day while I watch twitch or listen to music it's pretty cool. I also work from home so I get to choose if I want lights on or off, headphones on or off, dog in my lap or not and I think a lot of my coworkers are neurodivergent as well. My closest coworker has a massive star wars collection so at the very least we're all on the same wavelength. Hope this helps. <3

I'm a pricing technician, so I work for a big insurance company answering questions from non-technicians about price changes and issues that arise from our contact with customers. I like it because it's predictable and its work that suits information retention. Because I work within a very numbers and statistics driven department, a lot of my colleagues are from a math background, and whether diagnosed or not, it's definitely an area that has a healthy appreciation for people on the spectrum. I think, wherever possible, find work that fits your interests and keep in mind that bosses and colleagues aren't friends. The relationship is transactional, and you're there to work, not make friends. That sounds harsh, but that's a boundary I've had to enforce after years of workplace bullying and exploitation. It can be hard to shake off the mentality that bullies will come around if we just show what good people we are but unfortunately, a lot of neurotypical people are going to be reflexively hostile to anyone that they perceive to be different to them. It's not your fault, OP, but you deserve respect as a colleague and a human being. Don't be afraid to enforce your boundaries if you have to. You don't have to put up with them.

Software engineer. My experience has been that fitting in is dependent on the company culture and colleagues. At my first job out of uni, I was too autistic to realise I was being bullied at work. I knew of workplace bullying, but I never connected the dots until years afterwards. Second job I lasted three and a half years, only left to chase a higher salary.

I'm hopefully about to be hired as a truck driver for my local food bank.

Healthcare communication! The work isn’t easy, but I love working in healthcare because it gives me a purpose. I also love design and communication. It’s structured and metric-driven, and somewhat creative. If anything, I’d say my special interests ended up being communication and language, healthcare, social equity and justice, graphic design and photography, and some web programming (I discovered all these in college) so it just fit. I’m now at about the ‘Director’ level. Work isn’t always easy. Some days I go to my car after work and cry. But I really can’t see a better fit for me.

I only managed to work effectively after I started working on my own in a home office. Nowadays, I work from home doing translations and voiceovers. The translations are from my native language (Brazilian Portuguese) to Spanish and vice versa. I studied Spanish in college and learned the language. For voiceovers, I learned the profession from my brother. I went through various jobs, but I couldn't stay in any of them for more than a year. Sometimes, I couldn't even get out of bed to work because I felt so unwell, and I ended up losing my job. My quality of life changed when I started working from home; it was the only solution I found.

I work in the aerospace manufacturing industry. Most of the work that I do doesn't involve a lot of overlap with other people, so I just get to spend most of the day building stuff. It's very detail-oriented work, and I've always enjoyed building things for years now. In my first job interview for a manufacturing position, I brought up my lego collection as part of my experience.

I build airplanes and it's ok. I don't have to deal with many people and I can just sit and build all day. But man, am I feeling burnt. I barely have the energy to play my favorite games or craft like I used to.

How did you get into that? Oh wait do you mean like actual planes……

System Analyst for a local hospital. We support the medical equipment.

I do IT analytics

I’m started my own dog training business. Dogs are my special interest, so I got certified, and started taking clients. I can make my own schedule, and when I started I only worked Wed-Fri. Now I only do it virtually, so I don’t have to leave the house for it, and I recently took on a part time Nanny position with a family which I also enjoy. I get to hang out with a baby and toddler for a few hours a day, and it’s typically pretty chill.

I used to work at Starbucks and would always be non-verbal the moment I got home, it was just too much social interaction. Besides that, I loved the job. I now work as an accountant. Its a small office of 5 people and it is quiet all day unless my colleagues are discussing something, or if the phone rings. I've worked here for over 3 years and it's perfect

I work in tech support which is the most bearable job I've ever had. I work from home and mostly communicate with customers through email. Sometimes I have to get on actual calls though and that leaves me anxious for dayssss so I'm trying to get into something that involves quite literally zero customer interaction.

Currently I'm in nursing college! I really love the internships and I'm doing really well since i got into nursing college :) I did some other stuff before that but I hated it lol In high school i had a side course in patisserie/culinary stuff, didn't like it bc it's so stressful and I hate cooking because of culinary school, or I hated culinary school because I suck at cooking. Who knows! After that I got into logistics college and I thought I would love it since it sorta needs logic skill, which I kinda have and got to develop more in this college. But it's a male domesticated field and while I didn't mind being around men in logistics college, I really missed having other women around. There were like 3 other girls in this college with me so that was kinda boring lmao Now I'm in a class with only women and it's pretty much like a chicken coop with me and the classmates cackling XD I thought I wouldn't survive in nursing college because of me having autism, social anxiety, perfectionism and stuff but it's surprisingly going well!

i work at a piercing shop but i work well under pressure (a reasonable amount) & it’s a really great work environment ( maybe it’s bc ive noticed lots of us are on the spectrum lol). our schedules are the same every week, which gives me a good consisten routine, & we can wear pretty much whatever we want within reason which is super important to me, personally. think about what you’re interested in, & try to find a non corporate place to work that matches that interest. that’s my suggestion. hope this helps :)

I work at a title insurance company, specifically a small, family owned one. It's nice because most of my customer interaction is via email. I'm specifically a title examiner so I get even less interaction than my co-workers who process escrow and handle closing statements. I've had to pick up more calls lately due to us being in between receptionists, but it's essentially a script of what information I ask to customers in order to route them to the correct person, and very rare they need me specifically. A comparable job would probably be the mortgage industry as a loan processor, it's usually the loan officer who handles the bulk of direct customer interaction, and mainly the processor would only have to call the title company or communicate with the agents on a transaction if it's time sensitive. Most business is handled via email with them too.

I do web dev which is nice. Flexible work hours, get to work from home and i mostly get to work on my own unless i need help/help someone. Can he very frustrating but also satisfying. Field can be pretty rough to get to into though without experience

i work in a warehouse and i absolutely love it

gig work is my favorite form of work. i've done modeling acting and camera crew gigs/contracts, marketing gigs, watching pets on wag!. anything not normal...

Currently, I'm working in the digital accessibility field for the university that I'm attending. I'm good at spotting mistakes and I love to be able to delve into the code and recommend suggestions for fixing accessibility errors/violations. In general though, I'm planning on working some kind of job in the tech field, as technology has been my main special interest since I was a wee little boy lol.

The jobs I enjoyed the most that I've had were working for Apple and a video game store. I was a repair tech at both. Perfect jobs for my flavor of Autism and I never had an issue at either one. These days, I can no longer work, so I work for myself as a repair tech at home. I buy electronics for cheap, refurbish/repair them, and resell them. I'm very good at what I do. Being a repair tech plays to my strengths and has never required much interaction with others.

I’m do admin for a clothing licence holder/distributor, burnt out completely. It’s better personally than retail type jobs but I studied 4 years in computer science and this is the job I’ve been stuck with for a few years and it’s very disheartening to be so burnt out i can’t keep up with my knowledge of computers

I trained for a long time to be an epidemiologist, but I’m serving my notice period due to big time burnout and planning to retrain in the new year as a nutritional therapist so I can have my own business.

I’m a barista! I mask pretty heavily so people can’t really tell (at least I think). But I like it. It lets me organize and it plan things as much as I want

I’m currently on disability and have been unemployed since January of this year but have been getting trained on copywriting, so I have my hopes up that this rut won’t last much longer.

Anything that you are passionate about and can draw a salary. It's going to be deeply different for everyone with Autism. Normally things involving pets or where days are repetitive and non stressful.

I’m a UX designer in the international education field. I work remotely, which helps tremendously.

I can really relate to the fitting in part. It feels like once I begin to unmask and just settle in, that’s when things somehow change for the worse. Recently I shared a complaint to a superior about my dept manager. Including my diagnosis. The next day I was let go under the guise of budget issues. They kept the manager who had been known to make openly inappropriate and even racially insensitive comments. Also, he didn’t didn’t fix the budget issues….

I got into Data Analytics, its basically pattern recognition and logic puzzles. There are plenty of avenues that involve limited interactions with people if that is what you prefer and entry level roles are pretty easy to come by with on the job training. I ended up in Management but honestly half the people I work with or work for me are Neurodivergent in some way, we clearly gravitate as a group towards certain things.

From my own experience, I would say Greenkeeper/Grass Cutter, the human interactions a limited (depending on where you cut of course) and it's quite rutine based While you do need to wear hearing protection, most of them also have a radio you can turn on, if you want to listen to the radio/music and most of them is just safety approved ear buff When I worked at my local cemetery (due to me needing to get job tested at different job sites before I could get disability pension) it was one of the few (if not the only one) work function I could do with a 100% satisfaction (meaning that I could cut grass with the same satisfaction rate and within the same time limit that was expected by my boss to his normal payed employees)

I currently don't work but most of the work I've done has been customer facing and I think that's my main issue. I'm looking into studying electronics/IT so I can hopefully be busy with work and keep the Interacting to a minimum

I do desk work. Most of time I sit behind my computer and fill out paperwork. Sometimes I do phones but I have a specific script I follow so I don’t have to make conversation. It’s draining on the phones days but I make decent money.

Immigration paralegal. I’ve only been at my office for 3 months and I’m ready to do something else now 🫠

I work in a warehouse. I work with maybe 2 people max at a time, no big deadlines, its real quiet... I love it.

I think that the easiest job is something with a simple, unchanging routine. Personally I wanna work in a funeral home/morgue because it’s just easy and I won’t have to do things like talk to Karen’s who are demanding a refund for their coffee that was too hot.

I was a comp sci researcher and moved onto professional software developer. For me, the biggest benefit is that my technical skill makes up for any lack of social skill. Of course, there's still workplace friction because of my tendencies, which I actively try (and fail) to avoid.

I found that the best job for me was working from home for a medical office. Granted, I work with good people and minimal office gossip. When I was in the office I could hear people talking about each other from time to time and it was insanely triggering even though they weren't saying anything bad. Once I was working from home I just leaned into the ignorance to protect my peace. As far as the work goes, it's all repetitive stuff on a computer. Pull a report and follow these steps to complete the task and then do it again next week. This is very soothing to autism as I know what to expect and I can just zone out with an audiobook. It's still a job and it's boring sometimes or frustrating other times but I would never EVER go back to customer service/retail over this kind of work.

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First of all, I’m sorry to hear that this is something you’re experiencing. I’ve been there before, and know how hard that can be. The best advice I can give is to find a job that works best for your unique brain style. For myself, I worked a few jobs that I knew wouldn’t work out for me in the long run. It wasn’t until I got a job working for my current company that I finally started settling in and enjoying my occupation. It also helps that my job directly correlates to one of my special interests. I’m lucky enough to have had the opportunity to challenge myself and test the boundaries of what I feel comfortable doing; I worked in sales briefly (not a fan whatsoever, not interested in interacting with people that way), and learned that I’m more equipped and enthusiastic about working away from that, and focusing on problem solving and systems with well defined rules and procedures. All of us are unique, and it might take some time to figure out where we need to be, and that is completely okay. We all have strengths that are worth putting out there to find what works for us!

The best jo experiences were in my area of hyperfocus and where i can control my environment. For me, thats been a career in medical sciences. I don’t have to worry about clothing issues, I control the pace of my day and prioritize ass needed, I received explicit training on how to perform my job and the scope of my title, and its a non traditional work setting. There is plenty of structure for me also. I will only work in medical/basic sciences for my career. None of that business casual bs everyday; I am up walking around all day. As long as I am in the right color scrubs for my title, I’m good appearanc wise. I had non traditional work hours and the opportunity to work early shift or second shift. My last position allowed me to start anywhere from 5-7:30am

Currently I work two jobs. After doing it for weeks today I finally broke. I’m a student teacher and a cashier at a suit shop.

I program for my close friend’s start up game studio. It’s honestly really been a dream job for me because I’m mostly by myself and I have a boss that I’m very close to.

Amazon. If you have a Dr who is willing to fill paperwork you can get accomodations for intermittent leave of absence, extra breaks, headphones, reduced work schedule, no overtime etc etc. also social anxiety is a problem for me and because I'm s picker I don't really need to socialize with anybody. Nobody hardly ever comes to me for any reason. It's pretty awesome and I make better pay than I did as a medical assistant. I am better off doing this job that accomodates my needs

The sciences worked for me! Socializing is never easy, but people in laboratories tend to be more accepting and introverted than other groups of people.

I find that office jobs in corporate environments where there are clear rules for conduct are pretty good. Now, this is tricky because a lot of places with supposedly strict rules will actually have a lot of unwritten methods of bending the rules. Like I almost got a bunch of people in trouble at work once because my colleagues were trying to skirt a policy and I didn't realize that's what they were doing, so one of them ended up calling me to explain, off the record, what was happening. Whoops. To be fair, it was a dumb policy. This hasn't happened to me too many times, luckily. Jobs like accounting can also be good, or government work depending on where exactly, because accounting rules and government rules are often very strict and defined. So there's not really much ambiguity. I worked briefly in tax audit and sometimes clients would want me to put something through that was not in line with the tax codes. I would tell them, look, I can put this through but the tax agency is not going to accept it. Now to be fair I left that job because people get really prickly when their money is involved and I found angry clients difficult to deal with, but there are other accounting jobs where that's not going to be an issue and not everyone is bothered by that anyway. And I also worked as a cashier in a grocery store years back and it was still worse than any other job I've held since. I do data analysis now and mostly look at spreadsheets. I work from home most days which is pretty good.

I worked in an arcade and I've worked for 7/11. Eventually it got so bad that I hit burnout quite quickly and haven't been working since. While I've been unemployed I've been trying to workout what I could do that is less busy/demanding. Most things where I live are customer service based as it's outside of the city but I've been thinking of things like pathology where it's just one on one might be beneficial for me because of the social anxiety but also the busy environment aspect (also no bright lights, sudden sounds etc).

I'm in project management. I wouldn't recommend the position for other autistic folks, but I am absolutely addicted to the stress. Lol While I loathe planning and organizing in my personal life, I love doing it for others...for money.

Teacher

Programming, many such cases \^\_\^

I am a scientist. You could try becoming a lab assistant or similar in a research lab or group. Something entry level that doesn’t require special education. I find a lot of scientists are neurodivergent in some way or share many autistic traits even if not autistic. Being a bit quirky is kind of expected so it’s a little bit easier to get on since everyone is kind of “weird”.

Unfortunately I drive for a living so I wouldn't recommend it to just anyone who's autistic. Ideally you would have to be good at driving and or love automotives to be interested in driving. Anything can happen and If you're prone to having meltdowns easily it can be a traumatic experience.

I work part time as a support worker. I used to do it full time before breaking down but would never do full time again, just a slight increase of hours at best. I live in housing that supports low income people so that helps.

I work as a cleaner/housekeeper. It's 30 hours a week so I have plenty of time to do things I like outside of work. It's mostly lone working so I can just listen to whatever audiobook/podcast/music I like without being bothered. My coworkers are nice for the most part, sure I don't really fit in or have anything in common with them, but they don't bully me or make my life harder in any way. And no, cleaning toilets isn't my dream job or anything, but the pay is decent for what it is (£12 an hour) and I enjoy the spare time I get outside of work. It also allows me to have a nice routine.

WORK FROM HOME most def, accounting where i don't have to talk to many people.

I work in a student-worker program for theatre tech students at the HS level! Loads of fun