Assistance needed in choosing a trade

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I'll try to keep this quick, so that it won't be too much of a waste of time for anybody who is taking the time to read this. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I've been trying to find and achieve a degree in college for a while now. However, I can't seem to be able to put forth the effort to be able to pass the classes necessary for me to be able to achieve any major that I have an interest in. The one thing that me and my family is most concerned with is finding a career that will be able to support me independently, by which I mean being able to move out of the house, pay my own car and insurance, bills, etc.

So we have decided on going to a trade school. The one that I'm most inclined to join is a facility that goes by the name Pinellas Technical Institute, or "Ptec" for short in Florida. However, I have seem to have hit a wall. I have tried to take up classes in a field called "Precision Machining", but found it near impossible for me to be able to hold an interest in the class. The projects were far to precise, and the smallest error in any part of what I was working on usually resulted in having to scrap the whole project. When you're working on a part for a week, and find that it's completely useless due to you drilling a hole .005 inches too deep by accident, it becomes very difficult to want to continue.

Now I'm looking into a different class, but I'm under a lot of pressure from my parents. This is my last chance for me to be able to find a trade that I can take up, do well in, and not fail. If I am unable to find a trade within the next several days, if not today, my parents will no longer be willing to continue to house me, and will force me to leave the premises. If I take up a class and don't do well, they will also kick me out of the house. This is a major dilemma, since I have no other means of shelter or even basic facilities for me to be able to utilize if it comes to this, nor do I have the money to be able to support myself.

I need advice. I need to know classes or trades that Aspies like me tend to do well in. I have been thinking of taking up a trade involving computers, such as Information Technology, or Website Development. However, my father has told me that as an Aspie, I am incapable to be able to type with the same fluency as other Neurotypical people, nor am I able to solve problems or in general be able to have the cognitive functionings that will allow me to be able to pursue any of these classes. Any help offered would be appreciated.

If you do not want to do metal work which requires such a high level of precision, then why not consider plumbing or electrical work. If I was going into electrical work I would try to get into high voltage work where you typically use a very long fibre glass pole to hold your tools.

The idea of this work is that you might not have the precision of a super computer controlled milling machine, but a three meter stick does allow you to work on things like 22 kV in safety. I have had a go with a two meter stick at changing a fuse on a unenergized system once and it is not too hard. You would need to be willing to work outdoors in bad weather at antisocial hours.

In the US another common system is to use very thick rubber gloves to work on medium voltages (11 to about 33 kV), at very high voltages people work either using the long sticks or inside faraday suits.

I suspect that compared to doing low voltage work the pace of work is slower, but each job will require more thought and planning than a person doing house wiring.

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Health is a state of physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity I am not a jigsaw, I am a free man !

Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.

Majoring Computer networking myself, and almost done. I struggle to keep interest every semester. Sometimes I do "give-up" but i remain in class, and usually pass anyways.. just by sitting in class you will learn lots and pass, sometimes the interest comes back. Now I dont know how "ret*d" you are. But I feel a lot of people in IT are slow :p. If you passed highschool, you should be fine. And just cuz ur aspie doesnt mean anything.. You can still work at places where you talk to people etc, but if you cant and you still want a good future, go IT, lots of jobs and money.

You should look at the list of civil service jobs, and take a test.

You probably won't get a job right away--but you'll be on a "list," and might be called to a job in a few years.

What sorts of things are you interested in?

If you are good with your hands, why not go into carpentry?

If you do not want to do metal work which requires such a high level of precision, then why not consider plumbing or electrical work. If I was going into electrical work I would try to get into high voltage work where you typically use a very long fibre glass pole to hold your tools.

The idea of this work is that you might not have the precision of a super computer controlled milling machine, but a three meter stick does allow you to work on things like 22 kV in safety. I have had a go with a two meter stick at changing a fuse on a unenergized system once and it is not too hard. You would need to be willing to work outdoors in bad weather at antisocial hours.

In the US another common system is to use very thick rubber gloves to work on medium voltages (11 to about 33 kV), at very high voltages people work either using the long sticks or inside faraday suits.

I suspect that compared to doing low voltage work the pace of work is slower, but each job will require more thought and planning than a person doing house wiring.

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Health is a state of physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity I am not a jigsaw, I am a free man !

Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.