I was a zookeeper for 9 years until I recently resigned due to certain toxic people and management not understanding neurodiversity. Great job, but unfortunately, poor management and lack of understanding can be found in all industries 😪
Unless you’re a writer or researcher. Have you looked into technical writing? Genealogical research? If you’re doing freelance, you can work from home. Of course, you would need to go to school first, but it isn’t as big of a commitment as a bachelor’s degree in all cases. Try looking at local colleges.
I have the perfect job. I work in a warehouse on nightshift on my own. It was a bit creepy at first, but I eventually got used to it and I love the solitude.
Yeah, I accidently fell into this job. I was employed there to operate a machine in the factory, but because I was the only one there with a truck license and I could operate a grab forklift, I was transferred up to their warehouse.
I became a self employed artist in March 2001 aged 31, done that ever since. I'm sat in my studio 7 days a week all year long which is perfect. 😁 I'm diagnosed autistic with adhd, but despite that and despite being quite reclusive, I've still managed to become one of the UK's top selling artists. Earlier this year my daughter was diagnosed autistic and adhd at aged 25, she's a veterinary nurse, her dream job as it involves animals. My son was also diagnosed as autistic this year and he's studying music production at university. Not sure where his career path lays just yet.
Just had a quick look at a couple of your works. I love the direction of peaceful beauty. I'll sure to be looking a lot closer. I studied art myself for a few years but failed my university entrance interview, despite beta-blockers, due to the extreme stammer I had suffered with all my life, until I moved to Germany where it practically vanished. Life took a tangent right there and I ended up studying philosophy and art history instead. I've suffered for years with communication problems, not making much sense of my own character when measured against my peers. After struggling in relationships whilst still holding an ever-changing work environment in logistics I became depressed, turned to alcohol and broke down. Now I have found my soulmate at last, an amazing person with struggles of her own. We can finally get to the roots of our struggles because we deeply understand one another. I suspected autism some years back but kept on drinking and working. Unhappy years that just flew by. Now I recognise myself in the people here, it's such a relief!! (o: I've been off sick the last two years during which time I have conquered alcohol and have been puzzling my own self together in a new town and in peace. Such inspiration from guys like you, your happy family and everybody else here. It's overwhelming, but I know we'll be fine. Long-winded. Sorry. I'm new here.
@@JohnNashesKimono I got through my art college interview and was given a placement, but in the end the fear of going to college felt like it'd be school all over again, so I ended up turning my placement down. Ended up in a dead end job for 15 years before taking the option of voluntary redundancy when the option arose. Used my redundancy money to pay the bills whilst I tried to make it in the art world. Thankfully that worked out as I couldn't ever imagine doing a regular job again. Those 15 years in the workplace gave me endless meltdowns and stress. Good luck on your journey. 👍🏻
This blew my mind, as a 52 year old Autistic man, I started in IT for my Degree and went into Education as an Adult Educator, and I have started my own UA-cam channel. You have got this spot on!!
I really liked the quiet and gentle tone you took in this video. Sometimes I find the high energy videos overstimulating but this one was on topic for what I needed and the perfect tone. Thank you.
I was born in '61 so not much info on autism available then. My 1st clue was during HS art class. Turns out I was so very detail oriented and hyper focused on all of my work. One assignment was to draw a still life on 24 x 36 inch paper. We had to fill the whole page. I really struggled with it. I had a perfect, detailed drawing of the center with a 6" perimeter all around. I spent the last class trying to fill the outer space. I did but it was dreadful. I've always been detail oriented, sometimes not being able to see the forest for the trees. I also become hyper focused and have difficulty pulling myself away from something. That's been a problem at times but a gracious friend changed my perspective on it. She said "how wonderful it must be to lose yourself in doing something you love." That's how I choose to think about it now.
Similar to working in a library and touching on researching also, I work in historical archives as an archives technician, and it's perfect for me. Quiet like a library. Things are nicely organised. My main job is kind of like data entry; I input descriptions of documents we receive into the database, give them a notice number, and make sure they are well organized in boxes for any future people who might want to find the document in the future.
Id recommend pharmacy technician There’s a lot of counting and organizing There’s a whole check list of task that must be done everyday and repeated the next And limited customer interaction enough to practice social encounters but not enough to feel overwhelming I’m on the spectrum and this job has been a god sent as the strict regulations and procedures can helped me find stability and allowed me to shine professionally and eventually make work friends
I was a pharm tech at a retail pharmacy for 5 years and it was the worst 5 years of my life the constant interaction with customers whether it be in person or on the phone drained me.
I work at apple retail and being a Genius Bar technician has been very helpful for me to just get into the zone and trouble shoot as much as possible or fix phones that are broken. I feel more calm and relaxed when working.
I used to have a pretty safe factory job where I pretty much always knew what to do and there were few surprises and I made decent money. I loved that job because it was predictable, fairly straightforward a quiet work environment,and most of my coworkers were also ADHD or on the spectrum. It was amazing. Routine can be great
I’m not sure if it was covered but I highly recommend quality assurance (QA) in pharma companies. I knew someone on the spectrum who was a QA trainer for a contract lab. It’s a highly controlled environment, requiring brief interactions with the same people and many procedures to follow. He was a superhero! He had close to 100 standard operating procedures committed to memory… down to the subsections! Anytime one of us needed to remember which procedure covered a particular problem, we would ask him. His talents were an amazing asset to our team, especially during an audit. If you’re ND, have a great memory, and thrive in highly structured environments, then Quality Assurance in pharma might be a good fit for you.
I work on houses, projects, & vehicles. Now I have added my UA-cam channel to the mix to document those things, its been interesting. Being self employed is a great choice for those on the spectrum. You can let your special interests run free & its a really nice way to live. 😊
I worked at the airport loading aircraft. Not suitable for everyone as it is a *very* busy environment. Some of the benefits: routine, procedures, only interacting with people you know (no unneccesary public interaction, as you are in a restricted area). Lots of rules so you can know the structure. You also have the opportunity to socially withdraw between flights as you are not always on a live job - plenty of downtime, especially in the off season.
I'm 40 and only became aware of my Autism a year ago. The funny thing is, this list is also a list of every job/opportunity that I have ever had any success in. That's okay though! This reinforces the fact that I need to stick to what I know, and seek out an employer that's "Autism Aware". I think a great video topc though, would be discussing the places that you might assume would be "Autism Aware" but, actually aren't. I recently tried working for Texas A&M Univerity, thinking that a Liberal Institution of Education would be the most likely place where people would be more aware and more understanding of Autistic people. Boy, was I wrong. They literally told me I was being fired because I was Autistic, and that my inability to follow thier social cues was unnacceptable.
One of my best friends swears I'm neurodivergent and likely on the autism spectrum, she was recently diagnosed with autism and we connected on a level we'd both never experienced before until we met. She attests that I am a deep diver of information with my interests or topics I want to learn about. My passion has been travel and the world since as long as I can remember and I can talk day and night about it, I've been to 30 countries and manage to keep jobs for good lengths of time, but putting that into a career I've struggled with as I'm not an attention seeker or would have to become comfortable with a camera in terms of video content. But this video has been informational and maybe it'll lead me to figuring out what I should do.
I’ve hit subscribe today. A well delivered, informative series of videos highlighting the positive possibilities of autism, and not focusing on the negatives. Got a mathematics and statistics degree, but could only get office and warehouse work where the boss was never on my wavelength. So I’ve combined three of your ten ideas in being self-employed, and a teacher of my special interest. Cars are also my thing, so I teach people to drive. What’s weird is that I’ve been an instructor for 19 years, and was only diagnosed 18 months ago aged 48…
You mentioned teacher...I met a teacher who teaches music & drama fo a private school. His voice is amazing! Young too, in his mid to late 20's. He is the director of music at his place of worship. 💖💖💖
@@monicad351I could never deal with these overprotective, political parents these days. Most of them are on a warpath. I used to work for the school board in a role where I had to interact with the parents, teachers, and school superintendents, but I had to leave because I had a full breakdown. Dealing with angry people in a demanding environment is not ideal for autistic people.
This is so interesting. I am self-employed, I love researcing, I am teacher and I have worked alot in rescue shelters for cats. I wanted to work with dolphins and helping people with different dissabilities as I child. I ended up as a goldsmith, graphic designer and as a burned out nurse. I also ended up on dissability. I never knew I was autistic with ADHD until 2022. I also wanted to be a private detective, an archeologist and a marine biolog as a child 😅 I now feel like am litterarly a walking encyclopedia with all my knowledge. I google like everything very detail oriented 😅. Thanks for this youtube channel. And thanks for everything you share 🌟
I just finished a course on Amazon PPC, a topic I've been interested in for more than a year and truly enjoy. Having ADHD, I often question my interests, wondering if they're genuine or just a phase. In my previous job as a customer support specialist, I worked independently, handling everything by myself. I loved the part where everything was organized and completed across all the platforms I managed. So, if you need someone to handle your PPC, here I am! Confident that this is a great start and will lead me to becoming self-employed. Thank you for this content, truly helps a LOT!
Love night security at a gatehouse. I get to interact with 3 people a night maximum, engage with my special interests, play video games, stream anime or work on personal projects. Im getting paid to do what I did when I was unemployed, and what I would have done if I had the day off anyway.
I'm currently writing articles for The Illuminerdi, which allows me to dive into my hyperfixations by writing about them and spreading the news and knowledge I have doing them. I'm also actively looking into writing for Audio Dramas and Podcasts
How could I get into that? I’ve been writing a novel, but it is a painstaking process. While nurturing my “baby,’ I also need to try to earn a living because being on disability is hard. Yet I can’t work outside the home. How can I get my foot in the door with freelance writing, and so forth?
I have OCD, Asperger’s, ADHD, mild schizophrenia, insomnia and epileptic seizures so I don’t drive and it’s hard to find a good place for me. I understand everything you say, especially being an amateur artist the attention to detail, do you think that comes from OCD? I dunno 🤷🏼♂️. It’s been a struggle lately for almost every aspect of my life. Thank you for your videos and podcasts Dan! Btw, UA-cam has been notorious lately for unsubscribing users from certain channels and I was unsubscribed randomly from yours including at least a couple dozen others, not necessarily having to do with autism, it seems as though tos a mix of channels that discuss “controversial” or non mainstream content and topics.
I work in forest silviculture. I rarely have to interact with people. Most ppl spend majority of their day looking at screens so it's great that I get to disconnect from it all for 8 hours. Some locations can be more than an hour away so I get to spend my days driving and measuring trees.
Not all libraries are quiet and organized. Public libraries are usually very busy and maintaining organization of the collection can feel like a losing battle, lol (especially in the children's department). If you specifically want something that is slower-paced, quiet, and organized, academic libraries would fit that description more than a public library. Or the genealogy/archives department of a public library. There are also librarians who work for companies or hospitals. So, you might look into law or medical librarianship. Or even a job working for companies that service libraries, such as those that create online catalogs, like SirsiDynix. Another option would be cataloging, which is needed in all kinds of libraries and usually does not involve working with the public (even if you're in a public library).
Thank you for this. I’m officially going to look into the library one. I saw a job once that was looking for somebody who speaks Japanese to work in a university library, but it required schooling so I wasn’t able to do it so I guess now I’m looking into that lol. I definitely agree with the animals thing because I feel like I’m on the same page as my cat
Hey dude, I'm new to the channel, and when I'm absorbing information from audio or video, I need to do it twice. Thanks for being straightforward, concise, and consideration for time. I feel respected and catered to by your content. Thanks!
I studied Electrical Engineering, but I did not like it in the end, because I wasn't interested in modern technology but rather in smaller circuits and components that nowadays are becoming obsolete... But I love Japanese language and culture, and I became a Japanese Language teacher in my country (Costa Rica). I teach nowadays in 3 different places, and meet many different people (I'm actually quite an extroverted autist). It has its difficulties, but at least it's not a full time job, and I have quite fun in it n_n I also became a novice writer and published my first book. That's an interesting and peculiar job, but if you publish a book by yourself, expect meeting with many people.
Please give me pointers on self publishing, or even on writing, if you can. My struggle with both ADHD and autism is my biggest obstacle. And my own self-doubt.
I have high functioning Autism and mild ADHD And I work Security in the U.S for three years and I really love it I get to make sure rules are followed and I enjoy the structure
I have high functioning autism and unfortunately cannot work in the fields I want to (with animals or in psychology) so I am now studying to be an educator. It is super difficult having to be verbal all of the time and has taken a heavy toll on my mental health though I found that teaching children who are also on the spectrum is better than teaching neurotypical children as I can make connections with autistic children better.....it is really tough being autistic and having to force myself to talk. Please could you do a video on how to be able to talk when you are in a public situation at work but you are non verbal a lot. I have scoured the internet but cannot find any help as every source caters to autistic children only
At least you know your strengths & weaknesses. Although it's good to be able to overcome things like social anxiety and public speaking by doing it anyway but.. Sometimes it's more than just a fear/phobia that you can just face head on & boom!!! You are cured. I have found it works for a while but if you stop doing it for any length of time even just holiday leave or sickness, You become anxious about doing it all over again. It's like groundhog Day & It's exhausting & mentally taxing especially if you struggle with transition from work to home environment. I'm happy to be home but can't unwind/self soothe unless I inappropriately indulge in some form of dissociative activity like eating ( binge) or something interesting on you tube. What I like to zone out on or distract me varies from hour to hour. Sometimes a dumb movie or episodes of a favourite sitcom from earlier years or sometimes a podcast on longevity or neuroscience etc. I get so frustrated desperately trying to find what it is I want to listen to. I don't know what I want, I just know I need to find something to take me from stimulation of the outside world to the solitude of my room. I found out late in life that I have ADHD but I think I am on the autistic spectrum. I'm not sure if it's good to isolate from a mental health aspect but it feels necessary at times, because of working in an environment that doesn't suit my mental & physiological state right now so I carry the effects of the day around until I can numb them. If you can find work that suits you as an individual, you will be doing yourself the biggest act of self love you can do. I hope find your niche soon. The autistic children would benefit from your style in educating them, as it's no doubt more relatable for them too. Best of luck 🍀
I used to work as an Automotive Parts Interpreter. Lots of numbers, decoding what the hell customers want, and organising, all of which allowed my slightly OCD traits to manifest. I left the industry due to an ongoing health issue, and various staff members who were not nice. Oddly, many customers said they preferred to deal with me, because I rarely made mistakes, was reliable, and geneuinely cared about doing my job properly.
Clerical/polisher and/or jeweler. I worked in a repair shop at an american chain jewelry store for several years and i loved it. Its all about precision and organization and attention to detail and by its nature you are mostly left alone to zone out and hyper focus. Every finshed piece give a little hit of dopamine. Sadly, most colleges and universities don't have jeweler training classes these days. I truly think we need more focus on this field today as people cant afford to buy new jewelry but they can afford to maintain what they have.
Im audhd and have worked as an artist selling paint/woodburned woodwork on etsy for the pasr 7 years. I however NEED my husband who is on the team doing all online customer interaction and bills/legal stuff.
I excelled in math in school. My first career was Computer drafting for Civil engineering. (All math.) Now I am accountant and HR Admin. I just learned this week at our HR conference that spectrum disorders are inclusive (DEI.) I will never get fired from this job. It's a religious non profit (the salvation army. ) I set up an account on the platform called Next Door. When things slow down this summer, I will be trying to finish setting it up and making it active. It should be a fun and challenging thing to do.
I work in Data Analysis but in the US IT + black female in my area I am not very welcome in any spaces, maybe if I lived in a bigger metro or more diverse area. I think I am about to be fired yet again and I want to work for myself but how do I get money for my business? I have been putting my extra income into it and still can't start its been 8months because I don't have all the equipment, or the staff, i need at least 2 staff, and i have zero friends so what do i do?
Finding employers that are willing to understand is probably the hardest thing, though it often also can result in amounts of sacrifice made. I've had the longest and probably most fulfilling employment at my current workplace, a local public library (frankly I think it's less stressful and more reliable than academic libraries, which I worked summers at for several years), but they also have so little funding overall that I don't get many hours overall and even with a peak summer season where we need extra help, I'll be lucky to get double my present paycheck. And it's arguably less exploitation, in spite of some people who've helped me with job training, etc, on the road to getting this job in mid 2021 still thinking that, the company just doesn't have the money, we're technically a government non profit, so that's a major part of the issue. The stats on autistic people and unemployment seem a bit less clear as to whether it's strictly unemployment or underemployment, since I feel the latter is a concern as well in how people can basically be seen as valued enough, but it also feel performative on the part of the companies hiring them if they can't help them excel, paying them as contractors or such, so they don't get benefits, etc
For me it's perfect to be self employed. There is no other option for me because I need to organize myself, decide if I work or don't work and how long I work each day, to be alone at home with my dog, eat or rest or sleep whenever I need to and don't have any meetings or phone calls ever. So I am a freelancer, I do copywriting and webdesign for idealistic other self employed people. I love it.❤ I have AuDHD.
I used to teach secondary school maths, was horrendous. I do not recommend at all. It’s stressful enough for NT people to manage let alone autistic. Just look at the teacher turnover in the UK.
I’m in the USA and it’s tough here too. I just left after over a decade. The demands on teachers and the constant overstimulation of the classroom became too much.
Can’t do IT. Coded for awhile, way back. Companies new software caused meltdown. Been self employed, but it’s kind of falling apart. I’m a good teacher, and I used to do training. But no real options now.
Game beta tester. One of my first jobs out of university was game beta tester. I played the flight simulator for Looking Glass Technologies, Flight Unlimited. I had to find, record, repeat, and present the bugs to my manager and software developers. However, my ADHD kicked in when I discovered they had the latest Sony Playstation before it was released in USA. It was all in Japanese but I learned despite the language barrier.
I would NEVER route for self employment, it would be a constant risk for unemployment. My special interests really are not useable for a job that is paying for a life. By the way I am a teacher and quite like it, but at some days I get home and have a shutdown because everything has be too much.
I'm Autistic and I'm going into the disability support field and I think for a similar reason you said about teaching i think disability support will be perfect
do these jobs require school or college or a degree? I am really a literal failure at school and I really don't want to go to school. I am currently in the process of ssd and I have not been approved or disapproved yet but the area I live in hates autistic people and is very bad to help people with mental illness. I don't drive and these jobs are not local to me.
Where were you when I picked law school over library school? It did not work out the way I planned. Not because of the academics, but because in the end I knew my RSD would drive me to distraction. I also have trouble figuring out if people are telling me the truth and I can be manipulated. I ended up being a legal editor working with a librarian publishing human rights decisions. Almost from the beginning I was able to work a lot from home. So everything worked out in the end. However, I think librarian would have been a better choice. But I had no idea about autism until my son came along. BTW while I was doing my BA (communications 😂) I was part of a group of undergraduate students, led by a prof, who created a document library, including a filing system 🙄 😊
I started working as an Uber Eats Driver, since I didn't want to deal with passengers. It is possible I have ADHD also, and I have always found customer service difficult.
Through Uber Eats’ scholarship for ASU Online, I get 100% of my tuition covered. After I get my degree, I’m solely pursuing remote work as a digital nomad… Then, I’m moving to Thailand where the USD goes a long way. I follow a content creator who works as a data analyst (a great job for autists) as he travels the world. Have you considered something like this? Good luck to you.
Suggestions, please? My 16 year old son ( on the spectrum, very high functioning) is only interested in two things. Nintendo games and music without lyrics. Also hates to study for school. He's a whiz at Nintendo games. Especially loves Mario games. As for music, he can tell the slightest variation in note, tone, whatever. He doesn't play any instruments, but he's amazing at listening to and determining variations in music. He's also very good at mimicry (voices). I worry constantly how he's going to get/maintain a job, much less a career because he hates so much to study. He's very talented, but are these talents going to help him make a living?
Might want to try on producing music for videogames and other types of entertainment. Check some analysis online on classic 8bit videogame ost, and some more modern videogame sountracks, you and your kid could get into how it is done, and why is it good, and from there diving into how people get a living from it. Producing music doesn't need you to play an instrument, you just need a PC and the right software for starters. It's a business n profession he could do from home, working online, and with a PC setup that allows him to take breaks to play and enjoy different games. Im a translator and language teacher, I do that basically, got appointments for private classes, and in-between them I get into a game or any other comfort entertainment.
He could start a UA-cam gaming channel that can be very lucrative. Please always have a room for him though, he is likely not going to feel adult till around 27-30 , that is very common!
not to be rude i understand your reasoning and obviously you are making the "course" in good faith however since everyone who like me are autistic experience the disability differently therefore statements like "autistic people are good at picking up on details" are not always true a lot of those statements are generally true because its something that happens in a lot of people, the thing is that the stereotypes of "they always have special interests" witch is not true, also i wont get into why i dislike dating on the spectrum just that it allegedly didn't pay the people involved so yes yikes. I'm autistic I don't have a special interest I'm serious i have things i like or am more "knowledgeable in" but that's just my hobbies i guess, the reality is the moment employers see "disabled" some employers don't want you i have had companies admit to my face that they refuse to hire me based on my disabilities and again not all autistic people like to label things or organize not all autistic people suffer with sound problems as much as others, i understand your trying to help your doing this with good intentions but please be careful not to help continue these stereotypes. not hyperactive myself so.
that's literally why it's called autism SPECTRUM disorder. these traits are extremely common among neurodivergent and autistic folk and is why they are brought up so often. it's weird to just speak from your own experience as if yours is the only valid one.
@@godzandheros no not just mine others too just using myself as an example is simpler is all, it's dangerous to continue these sterotypes so it's important to let people know what's general and comern isn't the case always that's all
What do you think about Data Scientist? I'm afraid this may be a difficult profession for autistic people. Data visualization can be problematic because it requires presentation skills.
Being on the spectrum, I've been in and out of jobs my whole life. The one time I mentioned to my employer I was autistic, it was later on used against me and I never said anything of it again. But I see what your saying, the best job I had that I would of stayed at forever (if it wasn't for us leaving the EU) was being a calibration engineer in the aviation sector, remember tool data and part numbers I was a whizz at and got to see some wonderful awesome things working on site, old ww2 craft to everything else! But as of recently I lost my job again (it's as if I can't walk and chew gum at the same time if it's of no interest 😂) oh dear 😂
I remember when I just got into crypto back in 2019 but later in 2020 I ended up selling it because I was dumb and I didn't understand it. I studied and learned and now I know how it works. Got back into crypto early in 2023 with 10k and I'm up with 128k in a short period of time.
That's nice! But how did you manage to achieve all that even with the current economy that's very bad? I will appreciate your assistance on how to go about it, I'm desperately looking for a way to pay my bills and get to achieve my goals this year
I have always had huge interest in bitcoin trading and I don't know how to start or go about it.. A lot of people say get a broker to trade for you buh I'm yet to get one
I was a zookeeper for 9 years until I recently resigned due to certain toxic people and management not understanding neurodiversity. Great job, but unfortunately, poor management and lack of understanding can be found in all industries 😪
Did you have to have a zoology degree for this?
I just want to work all by myself and that's totally impossible in today's society.
Unless you’re a writer or researcher. Have you looked into technical writing? Genealogical research? If you’re doing freelance, you can work from home. Of course, you would need to go to school first, but it isn’t as big of a commitment as a bachelor’s degree in all cases. Try looking at local colleges.
I have the perfect job. I work in a warehouse on nightshift on my own. It was a bit creepy at first, but I eventually got used to it and I love the solitude.
That’s awesome! I need something like that where you can work goal oriented I guess.
Yeah, I accidently fell into this job. I was employed there to operate a machine in the factory, but because I was the only one there with a truck license and I could operate a grab forklift, I was transferred up to their warehouse.
Yeah, being on the spectrum, I get focused once I have my list of things to do. If there are people around, I find them too distracting.
That sounds so pleasant.
I became a self employed artist in March 2001 aged 31, done that ever since. I'm sat in my studio 7 days a week all year long which is perfect. 😁 I'm diagnosed autistic with adhd, but despite that and despite being quite reclusive, I've still managed to become one of the UK's top selling artists. Earlier this year my daughter was diagnosed autistic and adhd at aged 25, she's a veterinary nurse, her dream job as it involves animals. My son was also diagnosed as autistic this year and he's studying music production at university. Not sure where his career path lays just yet.
Just had a quick look at a couple of your works. I love the direction of peaceful beauty. I'll sure to be looking a lot closer. I studied art myself for a few years but failed my university entrance interview, despite beta-blockers, due to the extreme stammer I had suffered with all my life, until I moved to Germany where it practically vanished. Life took a tangent right there and I ended up studying philosophy and art history instead. I've suffered for years with communication problems, not making much sense of my own character when measured against my peers. After struggling in relationships whilst still holding an ever-changing work environment in logistics I became depressed, turned to alcohol and broke down. Now I have found my soulmate at last, an amazing person with struggles of her own. We can finally get to the roots of our struggles because we deeply understand one another. I suspected autism some years back but kept on drinking and working. Unhappy years that just flew by. Now I recognise myself in the people here, it's such a relief!! (o: I've been off sick the last two years during which time I have conquered alcohol and have been puzzling my own self together in a new town and in peace. Such inspiration from guys like you, your happy family and everybody else here. It's overwhelming, but I know we'll be fine. Long-winded. Sorry. I'm new here.
@@JohnNashesKimono I got through my art college interview and was given a placement, but in the end the fear of going to college felt like it'd be school all over again, so I ended up turning my placement down. Ended up in a dead end job for 15 years before taking the option of voluntary redundancy when the option arose. Used my redundancy money to pay the bills whilst I tried to make it in the art world. Thankfully that worked out as I couldn't ever imagine doing a regular job again. Those 15 years in the workplace gave me endless meltdowns and stress. Good luck on your journey. 👍🏻
This blew my mind, as a 52 year old Autistic man, I started in IT for my Degree and went into Education as an Adult Educator, and I have started my own UA-cam channel. You have got this spot on!!
please can you give me the name of your channel!
Name of Ur channel ?
I really liked the quiet and gentle tone you took in this video. Sometimes I find the high energy videos overstimulating but this one was on topic for what I needed and the perfect tone. Thank you.
I was born in '61 so not much info on autism available then. My 1st clue was during HS art class. Turns out I was so very detail oriented and hyper focused on all of my work. One assignment was to draw a still life on 24 x 36 inch paper. We had to fill the whole page. I really struggled with it. I had a perfect, detailed drawing of the center with a 6" perimeter all around. I spent the last class trying to fill the outer space. I did but it was dreadful.
I've always been detail oriented, sometimes not being able to see the forest for the trees. I also become hyper focused and have difficulty pulling myself away from something. That's been a problem at times but a gracious friend changed my perspective on it. She said "how wonderful it must be to lose yourself in doing something you love." That's how I choose to think about it now.
I have high Asperger’s and I do security, I like this because it’s routine and rules to follow.
Similar to working in a library and touching on researching also, I work in historical archives as an archives technician, and it's perfect for me. Quiet like a library. Things are nicely organised. My main job is kind of like data entry; I input descriptions of documents we receive into the database, give them a notice number, and make sure they are well organized in boxes for any future people who might want to find the document in the future.
That sounds so awesome
Id recommend pharmacy technician
There’s a lot of counting and organizing
There’s a whole check list of task that must be done everyday and repeated the next
And limited customer interaction enough to practice social encounters but not enough to feel overwhelming
I’m on the spectrum and this job has been a god sent as the strict regulations and procedures can helped me find stability and allowed me to shine professionally and eventually make work friends
I was a pharm tech at a retail pharmacy for 5 years and it was the worst 5 years of my life the constant interaction with customers whether it be in person or on the phone drained me.
I work at apple retail and being a Genius Bar technician has been very helpful for me to just get into the zone and trouble shoot as much as possible or fix phones that are broken. I feel more calm and relaxed when working.
I used to have a pretty safe factory job where I pretty much always knew what to do and there were few surprises and I made decent money. I loved that job because it was predictable, fairly straightforward a quiet work environment,and most of my coworkers were also ADHD or on the spectrum. It was amazing. Routine can be great
I’m not sure if it was covered but I highly recommend quality assurance (QA) in pharma companies.
I knew someone on the spectrum who was a QA trainer for a contract lab. It’s a highly controlled environment, requiring brief interactions with the same people and many procedures to follow. He was a superhero! He had close to 100 standard operating procedures committed to memory… down to the subsections! Anytime one of us needed to remember which procedure covered a particular problem, we would ask him. His talents were an amazing asset to our team, especially during an audit.
If you’re ND, have a great memory, and thrive in highly structured environments, then Quality Assurance in pharma might be a good fit for you.
I work on houses, projects, & vehicles. Now I have added my UA-cam channel to the mix to document those things, its been interesting. Being self employed is a great choice for those on the spectrum. You can let your special interests run free & its a really nice way to live. 😊
I worked at the airport loading aircraft. Not suitable for everyone as it is a *very* busy environment. Some of the benefits: routine, procedures, only interacting with people you know (no unneccesary public interaction, as you are in a restricted area). Lots of rules so you can know the structure. You also have the opportunity to socially withdraw between flights as you are not always on a live job - plenty of downtime, especially in the off season.
I'm 40 and only became aware of my Autism a year ago. The funny thing is, this list is also a list of every job/opportunity that I have ever had any success in. That's okay though! This reinforces the fact that I need to stick to what I know, and seek out an employer that's "Autism Aware". I think a great video topc though, would be discussing the places that you might assume would be "Autism Aware" but, actually aren't.
I recently tried working for Texas A&M Univerity, thinking that a Liberal Institution of Education would be the most likely place where people would be more aware and more understanding of Autistic people. Boy, was I wrong. They literally told me I was being fired because I was Autistic, and that my inability to follow thier social cues was unnacceptable.
One of my best friends swears I'm neurodivergent and likely on the autism spectrum, she was recently diagnosed with autism and we connected on a level we'd both never experienced before until we met. She attests that I am a deep diver of information with my interests or topics I want to learn about. My passion has been travel and the world since as long as I can remember and I can talk day and night about it, I've been to 30 countries and manage to keep jobs for good lengths of time, but putting that into a career I've struggled with as I'm not an attention seeker or would have to become comfortable with a camera in terms of video content.
But this video has been informational and maybe it'll lead me to figuring out what I should do.
Healthcare, there is always something to do. It's one of my special interests❤ i have autism, ocd,depression,bd,ed
I’ve hit subscribe today. A well delivered, informative series of videos highlighting the positive possibilities of autism, and not focusing on the negatives.
Got a mathematics and statistics degree, but could only get office and warehouse work where the boss was never on my wavelength.
So I’ve combined three of your ten ideas in being self-employed, and a teacher of my special interest. Cars are also my thing, so I teach people to drive.
What’s weird is that I’ve been an instructor for 19 years, and was only diagnosed 18 months ago aged 48…
Thank you so much for the comment! X
You mentioned teacher...I met a teacher who teaches music & drama fo a private school. His voice is amazing! Young too, in his mid to late 20's. He is the director of music at his place of worship. 💖💖💖
I'm a school teacher, and it is so hard for me to control the teenagers due to my focus on teaching.
Just send them to the office. They get 0 for anything they miss unless you talk to a parent.
@@monicad351I could never deal with these overprotective, political parents these days. Most of them are on a warpath. I used to work for the school board in a role where I had to interact with the parents, teachers, and school superintendents, but I had to leave because I had a full breakdown. Dealing with angry people in a demanding environment is not ideal for autistic people.
This is so interesting. I am self-employed, I love researcing, I am teacher and I have worked alot in rescue shelters for cats. I wanted to work with dolphins and helping people with different dissabilities as I child. I ended up as a goldsmith, graphic designer and as a burned out nurse. I also ended up on dissability. I never knew I was autistic with ADHD until 2022.
I also wanted to be a private detective, an archeologist and a marine biolog as a child 😅 I now feel like am litterarly a walking encyclopedia with all my knowledge.
I google like everything very detail oriented 😅. Thanks for this youtube channel.
And thanks for everything you share 🌟
I found my twin.
I just finished a course on Amazon PPC, a topic I've been interested in for more than a year and truly enjoy. Having ADHD, I often question my interests, wondering if they're genuine or just a phase. In my previous job as a customer support specialist, I worked independently, handling everything by myself. I loved the part where everything was organized and completed across all the platforms I managed. So, if you need someone to handle your PPC, here I am! Confident that this is a great start and will lead me to becoming self-employed.
Thank you for this content, truly helps a LOT!
Love night security at a gatehouse. I get to interact with 3 people a night maximum, engage with my special interests, play video games, stream anime or work on personal projects. Im getting paid to do what I did when I was unemployed, and what I would have done if I had the day off anyway.
> Me with ADHD, OCD, and ASD praying to be suggested a new career that I won’t hate
> my job and employer be the first suggestion
Im looking for years for this ocd adhd jobs couldnt find anyone i got into it but there is too mucht to do that you get dostracted
I'm currently writing articles for The Illuminerdi, which allows me to dive into my hyperfixations by writing about them and spreading the news and knowledge I have doing them.
I'm also actively looking into writing for Audio Dramas and Podcasts
How could I get into that? I’ve been writing a novel, but it is a painstaking process. While nurturing my “baby,’ I also need to try to earn a living because being on disability is hard. Yet I can’t work outside the home. How can I get my foot in the door with freelance writing, and so forth?
I have OCD, Asperger’s, ADHD, mild schizophrenia, insomnia and epileptic seizures so I don’t drive and it’s hard to find a good place for me. I understand everything you say, especially being an amateur artist the attention to detail, do you think that comes from OCD? I dunno 🤷🏼♂️. It’s been a struggle lately for almost every aspect of my life. Thank you for your videos and podcasts Dan! Btw, UA-cam has been notorious lately for unsubscribing users from certain channels and I was unsubscribed randomly from yours including at least a couple dozen others, not necessarily having to do with autism, it seems as though tos a mix of channels that discuss “controversial” or non mainstream content and topics.
I work in forest silviculture. I rarely have to interact with people. Most ppl spend majority of their day looking at screens so it's great that I get to disconnect from it all for 8 hours. Some locations can be more than an hour away so I get to spend my days driving and measuring trees.
Not all libraries are quiet and organized. Public libraries are usually very busy and maintaining organization of the collection can feel like a losing battle, lol (especially in the children's department). If you specifically want something that is slower-paced, quiet, and organized, academic libraries would fit that description more than a public library. Or the genealogy/archives department of a public library. There are also librarians who work for companies or hospitals. So, you might look into law or medical librarianship. Or even a job working for companies that service libraries, such as those that create online catalogs, like SirsiDynix. Another option would be cataloging, which is needed in all kinds of libraries and usually does not involve working with the public (even if you're in a public library).
Thank you for this. I’m officially going to look into the library one. I saw a job once that was looking for somebody who speaks Japanese to work in a university library, but it required schooling so I wasn’t able to do it so I guess now I’m looking into that lol. I definitely agree with the animals thing because I feel like I’m on the same page as my cat
Hey dude, I'm new to the channel, and when I'm absorbing information from audio or video, I need to do it twice. Thanks for being straightforward, concise, and consideration for time. I feel respected and catered to by your content. Thanks!
I studied Electrical Engineering, but I did not like it in the end, because I wasn't interested in modern technology but rather in smaller circuits and components that nowadays are becoming obsolete... But I love Japanese language and culture, and I became a Japanese Language teacher in my country (Costa Rica). I teach nowadays in 3 different places, and meet many different people (I'm actually quite an extroverted autist). It has its difficulties, but at least it's not a full time job, and I have quite fun in it n_n
I also became a novice writer and published my first book. That's an interesting and peculiar job, but if you publish a book by yourself, expect meeting with many people.
Please give me pointers on self publishing, or even on writing, if you can. My struggle with both ADHD and autism is my biggest obstacle. And my own self-doubt.
I have high functioning Autism and mild ADHD And I work Security in the U.S for three years and I really love it I get to make sure rules are followed and I enjoy the structure
I have high functioning autism and unfortunately cannot work in the fields I want to (with animals or in psychology) so I am now studying to be an educator. It is super difficult having to be verbal all of the time and has taken a heavy toll on my mental health though I found that teaching children who are also on the spectrum is better than teaching neurotypical children as I can make connections with autistic children better.....it is really tough being autistic and having to force myself to talk.
Please could you do a video on how to be able to talk when you are in a public situation at work but you are non verbal a lot. I have scoured the internet but cannot find any help as every source caters to autistic children only
At least you know your strengths & weaknesses.
Although it's good to be able to overcome things like social anxiety and public speaking by doing it anyway but..
Sometimes it's more than just a fear/phobia that you can just face head on & boom!!! You are cured.
I have found it works for a while but if you stop doing it for any length of time even just holiday leave or sickness,
You become anxious about doing it all over again. It's like groundhog Day
& It's exhausting & mentally taxing especially if you struggle with transition from work to home environment.
I'm happy to be home but can't unwind/self soothe unless I inappropriately indulge in some form of dissociative activity like eating ( binge) or something interesting on you tube.
What I like to zone out on or distract me varies from hour to hour.
Sometimes a dumb movie or episodes of a favourite sitcom from earlier years or sometimes a podcast on longevity or neuroscience etc.
I get so frustrated desperately trying to find what it is I want to listen to. I don't know what I want, I just know I need to find something to take me from stimulation of the outside world to the solitude of my room.
I found out late in life that I have ADHD but I think I am on the autistic spectrum.
I'm not sure if it's good to isolate
from a mental health aspect but it feels necessary at times, because of working in an environment that doesn't suit my mental & physiological state right now so I carry the effects of the day around until I can numb them.
If you can find work that suits you as an individual, you will be doing yourself the biggest act of self love you can do.
I hope find your niche soon.
The autistic children would benefit from your style in educating them, as it's no doubt more relatable for them too.
Best of luck 🍀
@@nickibanks5185 Very true....even one day and I struggle to get back into pretending.
I used to work as an Automotive Parts Interpreter. Lots of numbers, decoding what the hell customers want, and organising, all of which allowed my slightly OCD traits to manifest. I left the industry due to an ongoing health issue, and various staff members who were not nice. Oddly, many customers said they preferred to deal with me, because I rarely made mistakes, was reliable, and geneuinely cared about doing my job properly.
Dan, there's also proof reading. That's a great way to get more reading done too!
Clerical/polisher and/or jeweler. I worked in a repair shop at an american chain jewelry store for several years and i loved it. Its all about precision and organization and attention to detail and by its nature you are mostly left alone to zone out and hyper focus. Every finshed piece give a little hit of dopamine. Sadly, most colleges and universities don't have jeweler training classes these days. I truly think we need more focus on this field today as people cant afford to buy new jewelry but they can afford to maintain what they have.
Im audhd and have worked as an artist selling paint/woodburned woodwork on etsy for the pasr 7 years. I however NEED my husband who is on the team doing all online customer interaction and bills/legal stuff.
I excelled in math in school. My first career was Computer drafting for Civil engineering. (All math.) Now I am accountant and HR Admin. I just learned this week at our HR conference that spectrum disorders are inclusive (DEI.) I will never get fired from this job. It's a religious non profit (the salvation army. ) I set up an account on the platform called Next Door. When things slow down this summer, I will be trying to finish setting it up and making it active. It should be a fun and challenging thing to do.
I have no idea because my son is autistic and haves problems talking to people I need job 2
My attention to detail, made me a great teacher. However, the constant over stimulation led to extreme burnout.
Not all autistic like animals as animals can also be loud and cause sensory issues
I work in Data Analysis but in the US IT + black female in my area I am not very welcome in any spaces, maybe if I lived in a bigger metro or more diverse area. I think I am about to be fired yet again and I want to work for myself but how do I get money for my business? I have been putting my extra income into it and still can't start its been 8months because I don't have all the equipment, or the staff, i need at least 2 staff, and i have zero friends so what do i do?
Finding employers that are willing to understand is probably the hardest thing, though it often also can result in amounts of sacrifice made.
I've had the longest and probably most fulfilling employment at my current workplace, a local public library (frankly I think it's less stressful and more reliable than academic libraries, which I worked summers at for several years), but they also have so little funding overall that I don't get many hours overall and even with a peak summer season where we need extra help, I'll be lucky to get double my present paycheck.
And it's arguably less exploitation, in spite of some people who've helped me with job training, etc, on the road to getting this job in mid 2021 still thinking that, the company just doesn't have the money, we're technically a government non profit, so that's a major part of the issue.
The stats on autistic people and unemployment seem a bit less clear as to whether it's strictly unemployment or underemployment, since I feel the latter is a concern as well in how people can basically be seen as valued enough, but it also feel performative on the part of the companies hiring them if they can't help them excel, paying them as contractors or such, so they don't get benefits, etc
Been an artist professionally for 7 years and soon plan to start a small town plant nursery 🪴 🌱 🌿
For me it's perfect to be self employed. There is no other option for me because I need to organize myself, decide if I work or don't work and how long I work each day, to be alone at home with my dog, eat or rest or sleep whenever I need to and don't have any meetings or phone calls ever.
So I am a freelancer, I do copywriting and webdesign for idealistic other self employed people. I love it.❤ I have AuDHD.
I was a receptionist for a year, which I liked, but I found logistics hard at times and communication was sometimes an issue unsurprisingly
I'm an autistic adult and I've worked as an employment specialist for the last 25 years.
I used to teach secondary school maths, was horrendous. I do not recommend at all. It’s stressful enough for NT people to manage let alone autistic. Just look at the teacher turnover in the UK.
I’m in the USA and it’s tough here too. I just left after over a decade. The demands on teachers and the constant overstimulation of the classroom became too much.
Can’t do IT. Coded for awhile, way back. Companies new software caused meltdown.
Been self employed, but it’s kind of falling apart.
I’m a good teacher, and I used to do training. But no real options now.
YES!!! 1,000,000% IT IS THE DEATH TRAP for Autistic people...
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Game beta tester. One of my first jobs out of university was game beta tester. I played the flight simulator for Looking Glass Technologies, Flight Unlimited. I had to find, record, repeat, and present the bugs to my manager and software developers. However, my ADHD kicked in when I discovered they had the latest Sony Playstation before it was released in USA. It was all in Japanese but I learned despite the language barrier.
I would NEVER route for self employment, it would be a constant risk for unemployment. My special interests really are not useable for a job that is paying for a life.
By the way I am a teacher and quite like it, but at some days I get home and have a shutdown because everything has be too much.
I finished engineering and medice.
But i choose to be a nurse/dentists.
Why? Because I don't need to talk to help people.
I'm Autistic and I'm going into the disability support field and I think for a similar reason you said about teaching i think disability support will be perfect
I like factory work/Distribution Centers
do these jobs require school or college or a degree? I am really a literal failure at school and I really don't want to go to school. I am currently in the process of ssd and I have not been approved or disapproved yet but the area I live in hates autistic people and is very bad to help people with mental illness. I don't drive and these jobs are not local to me.
Where were you when I picked law school over library school?
It did not work out the way I planned. Not because of the academics, but because in the end I knew my RSD would drive me to distraction. I also have trouble figuring out if people are telling me the truth and I can be manipulated.
I ended up being a legal editor working with a librarian publishing human rights decisions. Almost from the beginning I was able to work a lot from home. So everything worked out in the end. However, I think librarian would have been a better choice. But I had no idea about autism until my son came along.
BTW while I was doing my BA (communications 😂) I was part of a group of undergraduate students, led by a prof, who created a document library, including a filing system 🙄 😊
What if I hate sitting in front of a monitor?
I treat my IT degree as a diagnosis
I started working as an Uber Eats Driver, since I didn't want to deal with passengers. It is possible I have ADHD also, and I have always found customer service difficult.
Through Uber Eats’ scholarship for ASU Online, I get 100% of my tuition covered. After I get my degree, I’m solely pursuing remote work as a digital nomad… Then, I’m moving to Thailand where the USD goes a long way.
I follow a content creator who works as a data analyst (a great job for autists) as he travels the world. Have you considered something like this? Good luck to you.
I'm autistic adhder and artist art is my special interest and favourite thing in the world
ive tried on and off for a few years now to try and become a library assistant but no luck
Suggestions, please?
My 16 year old son ( on the spectrum, very high functioning) is only interested in two things. Nintendo games and music without lyrics. Also hates to study for school.
He's a whiz at Nintendo games. Especially loves Mario games. As for music, he can tell the slightest variation in note, tone, whatever. He doesn't play any instruments, but he's amazing at listening to and determining variations in music. He's also very good at mimicry (voices).
I worry constantly how he's going to get/maintain a job, much less a career because he hates so much to study. He's very talented, but are these talents going to help him make a living?
Might want to try on producing music for videogames and other types of entertainment.
Check some analysis online on classic 8bit videogame ost, and some more modern videogame sountracks, you and your kid could get into how it is done, and why is it good, and from there diving into how people get a living from it.
Producing music doesn't need you to play an instrument, you just need a PC and the right software for starters.
It's a business n profession he could do from home, working online, and with a PC setup that allows him to take breaks to play and enjoy different games.
Im a translator and language teacher, I do that basically, got appointments for private classes, and in-between them I get into a game or any other comfort entertainment.
@@AlexCamri thank you very much for your response!! Will check into this!
If he's good at voices maybe being the voice for a cartoon or animated movie
@@bearclaire we've discussed that. We need to investigate how to get started. Thanks for the reminder!
He could start a UA-cam gaming channel that can be very lucrative. Please always have a room for him though, he is likely not going to feel adult till around 27-30 , that is very common!
not to be rude i understand your reasoning and obviously you are making the "course" in good faith however since everyone who like me are autistic experience the disability differently therefore statements like "autistic people are good at picking up on details" are not always true a lot of those statements are generally true because its something that happens in a lot of people, the thing is that the stereotypes of "they always have special interests" witch is not true, also i wont get into why i dislike dating on the spectrum just that it allegedly didn't pay the people involved so yes yikes. I'm autistic I don't have a special interest I'm serious i have things i like or am more "knowledgeable in" but that's just my hobbies i guess, the reality is the moment employers see "disabled" some employers don't want you i have had companies admit to my face that they refuse to hire me based on my disabilities and again not all autistic people like to label things or organize not all autistic people suffer with sound problems as much as others, i understand your trying to help your doing this with good intentions but please be careful not to help continue these stereotypes.
not hyperactive myself so.
I agree with you, these stereotypes are harmful.
@@erasedshallbehisname5100 its only harmful imp when it comes from someone with bad intentions in this case the guy has good intentions
that's literally why it's called autism SPECTRUM disorder. these traits are extremely common among neurodivergent and autistic folk and is why they are brought up so often. it's weird to just speak from your own experience as if yours is the only valid one.
@@godzandheros no not just mine others too just using myself as an example is simpler is all, it's dangerous to continue these sterotypes so it's important to let people know what's general and comern isn't the case always that's all
What do you think about Data Scientist? I'm afraid this may be a difficult profession for autistic people. Data visualization can be problematic because it requires presentation skills.
Great ideas I also think autistics would actually make great life coaches as well
Being on the spectrum, I've been in and out of jobs my whole life. The one time I mentioned to my employer I was autistic, it was later on used against me and I never said anything of it again.
But I see what your saying, the best job I had that I would of stayed at forever (if it wasn't for us leaving the EU) was being a calibration engineer in the aviation sector, remember tool data and part numbers I was a whizz at and got to see some wonderful awesome things working on site, old ww2 craft to everything else!
But as of recently I lost my job again (it's as if I can't walk and chew gum at the same time if it's of no interest 😂) oh dear 😂
I am autistic and I am a very good NON IT (as I hate it, literally let me throw up) Project Manager
Corrections Officer and Garbage man were Great jobs for me. Routine. I wish I had been diagnosed as a child then I would have been a scholar.
Farm worker I guess works with animal care but harvesting or even just cutting grass 👍
nice topic
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How please, I'm pretty new and feel I have much to learn. I would appreciate if you show me how to go about it.
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I have always had huge interest in bitcoin trading and I don't know how to start or go about it.. A lot of people say get a broker to trade for you buh I'm yet to get one
Investing with an experienced expert is the best way to get started in the trade market. Learnt that.
I think I'm blessed if not I wouldn't have met someone who is as spectacular as expert Williams Brown
Barber for 30 years. Salons and barbershop are perfect
Anything but an office job.
Ohhh...!!!👀👀👀
Theses are all pretty bad. Isn’t there a job where I’m with people while I’m in a clean and noiseless workspace.
I would guess some military positions would be great for people on the spectrum.
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#11 - auto repair. More use of attention to detail.
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