Area of Study Due to Personality or Asperger's Syndrome?

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While reflecting over my years in high school and post secondary I realized that the only times I've felt comfortable or accepted is in courses related to computer science, health sciences, or visual art. The people seem easier to get along with and my tendencies to be focused on details are encouraged. However, when it comes to courses related to business, I find great difficulty working in "teams" and often feel alienated. Is this due to different personality types or Asperger's? For instance, do people with the same personality type tend to enroll in similar programs (i.e., Type A personalities are inclined to business administration)? Also, do people with Asperger's tend to enroll in similar programs? Or is this just simply people with similar interests tend to work together better?

I think you can find people with ASD in all fields. Everyone has a different special interest, and many of them tend to study that in university. I've heard before (I forget from whom), that if I want to successfully make friends I need to either get involved in autistic groups and/or get involved with groups with those who share my special interest. Autistic or not, if someone has something in common with me, then chances are I will be able to connect more with them. I think it could be just a simple case that those are the classes you are interested in so you are more comfortable in those classes and with those people. I am not a sciency kind of person. My special interest is religious studies, and in those classes--when offering facts (I am never good at verbalizing opinions), I can talk much more frequently where in my other classes I seem almost non-verbal. As a result, the people in my religious studies classes get to me more and the comfort level is much higher than in most of my other classes.

It's personality, if it was determined by Aspergers wouldn't we all be Engineers and computer programers?

I've found that Aspie skills and personalities are a lot like NT; we have a more focused knowledge and ability in some fields, it's just the way we are. Who's to say all creative aspies will end up in one field, while the more isolated solid-facts ones could be in that or another? I'm looking into the possibility of doing drafting professionally because it's a hobby of mine I'm quite good at, and work on also publishing teenage literature, maybe even children's books.

Clear indicator right there that I fall under the creative-oriented category, while others might fall under the logical-thinking, get-to-the-fact type, or maybe something in-between? (I don't know the right term for what it would be. It's like the difference between someone who learns by doing, or seeing, or write and recite). A typical trait IS wanting to be helpful and understanding to others, so I had gone into Child and Youth Worker, and once I have residency here I will be pursuing a career in Childcare and maybe ECE.

The possibilities are about as endlessly open to people on the autism spectrum as they are for an NT, and I try not to let others say or think otherwise.