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My nephew is 23 and is diagnosed with Asperger's (aka high-functioning autism). When it comes to finding a job/career he likes and can stand it's quite difficult.
For example, he HATES working with people. He can handle working with people if the interaction is very limited but if it's a job where he would have to be constantly working/talking with others; forget it!
He is very good/smart when it comes to things like "To get x you do y" etc. etc. jobs that require one to "think outside the box" or "be creative" is a definite no go for him. He did have an office job he really liked 2 years ago but he was let go. He liked it because he stayed in his cubicle for the good majority of the time just doing his work and would listen to music (he requested his cubicle be furthest away from everyone else as so not to distract him) and he did very well there. He even said he would be perfectly happy at the same job doing the same thing for the rest of his life at the same company, he just needs an environment conductive to his needs.
So, for someone like my nephew who has some bad anxiety when dealing with people and much prefers a "step-by-step" approach towards work, I was hoping people here could get some ideas. Thanks!
I have a friend with a severe case of Aspergers who is studying botany. I would think a STEM field would be ideal as it requires complex thinking and less social interaction in many cases. Something like computer coding would be ideal.
I agree; I think a large percentage of computer programmers are people with Asperger's.
I disagree. He sounds like he will have a problem solving complex problems that requires research, asking questions, interacting and working with others to resolve.
Contrary to popular stereotypes, most computer programmers don't work in a cubes by themselves all day long. There are stand up meetings, scrum, peer programming, code reviews, working with PM's, QA etc., etc. That is on top of the constant interruptions of emails, instant message etc. A programmer need to be able to explain their code to others. Some might appear to not be "social" to non technical people because that is not their comfort zone.
I had a roommate who was diagnosed with Asperger's. She was getting a second bachelor's degree in accounting. A classmate's friend has Asperger's and he owned a bicycle store. Very intelligent people.
As for jobs, I agree with others with computer programming.
Other careers that come to mind are:
- library science (something like archiving or shelving books)
- lab technician (biology/chemistry/hard science-related)
- warehouse-related jobs
- data-entry
- accounting (maybe?)
- writer (my roommate was an excellent writer)
- engineering
I hope this helps!
Out of curiosity, what job did he have that he enjoyed so much?
He likes computers but he doesn't want to program or anything like that.
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