What is your dream job?

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I've forever wanted to be a writer who gets paid. Someday I will!

1. I'd love to be a writer or a poet, but to do that I'd need enough courage to send my work out and face all the rejection. I'm not there yet.

2. I'd love to work for a video game company, helping to develop storyline. Writing again!

3. Teacher. I've discovered however, that to teach you need to navigate the faculty politics and I'll never be able to do that. Proven that sufficiently. Currently I tutor. I work alone, with a small group of students. I communicate with my superior mostly by e-mail, with occasional phone calls. This works for me, but the hours are limited, so I don't bring in much income.

4. Apsie advocate. I'd love to lead seminars for teachers, parents, employers, and others on what it is like to have Asperger's Syndrome. I'd make them all read House Rules by Jodi Picoult. (Obviously, her character of Jacob is just one Aspie, but I think she did a great job, and her advisor on the book was a teenage girl with AS.) I'd like to help people understand what Asperger's Syndrome is and encourage respect and understanding of the Aspie in general, and any one Aspie in particular.

5. In my wildest dreams, I'm a ROCK STAR! And I'd still be an Aspie advocate, as I'd be open about having AS and what it's like for me. I would use my stardom to create a venue for Autism education that is unlike Autsim Speaks. I'd call my group "Fine the Way I Am" and donate to groups, organizations, or schools that exist to support and help people on the spectrum, rather than to groups looking for a cure. I'd create a board of directors that had people on the ASD spectrum on it as well as some NTs who know what they are talking about (they exist; I've met some). However, since I am in my mid-thirties and have no band, this is not going to happen.

I have another dream that I think has a chance for success...but I don't want to jinx it by sharing it.

A freelance clothing designer/textile designer/writer/interior decorator.And if I weren't so shy,an actress/dancer.I love those two,but not in front of a lot of people. I love to be creative,am really good with color and space and design.Always am designing clothing,bags and shoes hehe I dream of having a vegan site someday selling them.

Novelist. I could write when I felt the surge of creativity. Run errands when I felt like doing that. Spend time with the fam when I could. Live a schedule that suits ME.

My number one dream job has always been zookeeper for the best zoo in America, the Columbus Zoo!

Professional artist. I've always loved art and wanted to be good at it.

My dream job(s) would be:

1. Professor at a university - specifically CSU, and I would study Emotional Availability (EA) and attachment in atypical populations.

2. I'd then like to do consulting part-time which would include grant-writing and going to different places to train direct-care staff in EA..

3. Then I'd like to write a book!

My current job of a SAHM is just fine. I would like to also do some part-time job in addition to that when my kids are older. I would like to be a gemologist. I know I can handle all the classes and I know I'll be very good at it. Not sure how to find a part time job, though.

I want to be an editor and best selling author. Maybe write a TV or movie script at some point. Either way, writing is the way to go. I'm graduating with a degree in Professional Writing on Saturday so I'm on my way I suppose.

I'm a creative person who has trouble using much of the pragmatic side of my brain so here goes.

- Something that involves animals

- Music. It's actually my main obsession but one that doesn't make money, I know.

- Making things.

I'm not sure what would go beyond that. I've always had trouble conforming to a job that requires most of the pragmatic brain power. I always wondered if maybe had I been born in a different generation this wouldn't be a problem.

I want to work with children or be a specialist in ASDs, but my chosen profession is in the field of psychology.

I'm not sure, something that doesn't take much effort, allows me to be creative, is stable, has minimal interaction with strangers, is stable, and engages me mentally.

Freelance writer about my obsessions...


Allie Kat
http://www.myaspergerslifestory.com/

Theoretical particle physicist working at CERN!! !!