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05 Feb 2009, 7:11 am

WhyAmIAspie wrote:
2.) A judge- It is their gullible trait that makes a Judge the worst possible career for Aspies. They lack the abily to detect deception and put all the pieces together.


Depends in which area of law. If it comes to criminal law,you may be right, but there are other areas in which an Aspie can employ his abilities very well: Areas of Civil Law, which do not deal with personal relations, like contract law, the sector which called in continental Europe "Public Law", which is mostly trgarding the interaction of the state in its function of being the representation of sovereign with his citizens (you find in German literature often here the regress to the Latin word imperium, as the instrument of ruling), the closely related area of Constitutional Law and International Law.

In this areas decisions are made mostly on written arguments and court proceeding are often entirely written.



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05 Feb 2009, 12:50 pm

WhyAmIAspie wrote:
1.) A police officer- Aspies tend to be very gullible and they lack the traits needed to be a sucessful cop. THey do not have the ability to detect deception or detect any suspicious behavior.
2.) A judge- It is their gullible trait that makes a Judge the worst possible career for Aspies. They lack the abily to detect deception and put all the pieces together.
3.) Football player- Aspies lack the physical coordination. They can't pass a football, or run very fast. They can also be too clumsy.
4.) Teacher- All though they have above average intelligents, they would make great teachers. This career requires an extremely high level of social competence, which they do not have. Aspies in general become too involved in their subjects and will go on and on about it. Their pedantic behavior will bore their students. The students will also be annoyed by their perfectionism and high expectations


According to research, these are the worst jobs for any Aspie. As you all may know, the best jobs for Aspies remains the same. Computer programmers, mathmeticians, lawyers, travel agents, bus drivers, scientists, sociologists. But these are the careers that people suffering from Asperger's must avoid.

Um, this is from an article I read. I forgot the link sorry.


You can't say all aspies can't pass a football because i was quite good at football even though it isn't my first choice of sport.



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05 Feb 2009, 2:27 pm

My personal list is:

1.} Politician

2.} Health Practitioner

3.} Sports Agent

4.} Firefighter

5.} Bartender


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05 Feb 2009, 2:47 pm

for me (in no particular order)

1. sales, knocking on strangers doors and persuading then to buy something, no no
2. police, I am naiive and I would totally panic if things got aggressive, and im a slow runner
3. playing in a sports team, the clue is in the words SPORTS and TEAM
4. a boss of a company, too passive and would not know what to say in a meeting
5. firefighter, I'm too clumsy and I hate being rushed so I would totally f**k up when getting ready


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05 Feb 2009, 3:43 pm

I'm an Aspie who is a good politician and diplomat. In fact, I wrote an honor thesis about political negotiations. My professors though I was an expect at it but a couple didn't hesitate to tell me they didn't agree with my opinions. I was actually proud of myself for dividing the committee. :) To add in all the factors here.. I'm an Italian (lapsed Catholic) and I studied the situation in Northern Ireland in the mid 1990s when they were negotiating cease fires and new government structures. That conflict, of course, concerned the people of Irish decent, mainly Catholic, and people of British decent, and the confluence of those population in Northern Ireland. I didn't have a dog in the fight unlike some of my Irish-American professors in Boston. I really was an independent observer of sorts. I worked with a non-partisan group of women. I was able to see both sides of the story, or shall I say ALL sides of the story and interview politicians and other community leaders and really won their confidence with my listening and fair questioning. It was great fun, and I have a lot of political experience. I'm also interested in law, have worked as a paralegal and wish I could go to law school.

In general, Aspie's shouldn't feel like we have to avoid any particular profession. It's all up to you as the individual to find your calling.

What NO Aspie should ever do is go to a Vocational Rehabilitation program because unless they have a lot of experience with Aspies, they will be totally clueless and treat you like you are disabled.



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05 Feb 2009, 4:00 pm

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I'm an Aspie, and I'm a lawyer. I love what I do.



Same here! Took me forever to figure out just WHAT I wanted to do with my life, but I've finally found it, and I LOVE it!

Worst job - front desk person at a hotel. Worse still, I was a young teenager when I did it...could not make eye contact at ALL and was completely unsocialised.

Goddamn family businesses, anyway.... :roll:



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05 Feb 2009, 4:09 pm

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:D I would suck at being a lawyer. Especially if I knew that the person I was defending was guilty and yet I had to convince a judge that they were not guilty. I think my sense of justice would get the better of me... 'Your honour, although I am meant to be defending this SCUMBAG, I know that he did it because he blooming told me so in a quiet room... SO SEND HIM DOWN!! !'

Yeah, don't think I would get paid much huh?


Haha....this is why criminal law is NOT for me. Lying and hiding certain feelings (like the disgust I have for certain criminals) are NOT my strong suits. While I do, surprisingly (more surprising to me than anyone) massively enjoy courtroom work, I wouldn't last ten minutes defending most criminal cases.

Inappropriate outbursts along the lines of what you're describing ARE something I need to consciously control, though....I was called out more than a few times in moot court in law school for calling people liars and other such accusatory things, and laughing at both witnesses and the attorneys on the other side. I think I got a pretty good handle on it before I graduated, but I figure it's something I'm going to have to keep in the front of my mind once I start arguing my own cases....some people make it hard to maintain composure!



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05 Feb 2009, 4:47 pm

WhyAmIAspie wrote:
2.) A judge- It is their gullible trait that makes a Judge the worst possible career for Aspies. They lack the abily to detect deception and put all the pieces together.

I don't think aspies are always gullible. I think that they would take a systematical approach to the case. They would try to get the facts straight and compare them to the stories of the people in court.

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3.) Football player- Aspies lack the physical coordination. They can't pass a football, or run very fast. They can also be too clumsy.

Yes they do lack physical coordination. I personally cannot pass the ball or catch, but I can run fast. I think that if I put an extreme amount of devotion into it, I could learn to catch and pass the ball better, but then I still would lack team coordination and I wouldn't always know what my team wants me to do or I'd do the wrong "weird" stuff out on the field. I think it possible for an aspie to maybe make it into HS football if thats what they were really interested in. Basketball wise, I can't dribble, I can't coordinate with my team, I can't do that around my body under my leg style stuff, but I can shoot (but its not always in the right basket, oops)

I even once saw on TV someone who was "autistic" as the reporter said won (And scored most) during a HS basketball game.
This is not the same video but here is an example,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6cOp6EDFlI



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05 Feb 2009, 5:27 pm

A barman, I got sacked for talking too much.

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A McDonalds till operative, I failed my probationary period coz I got too many T-reds along with more developmental mistakes.


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05 Feb 2009, 5:34 pm

I would also count support-engineer into the list:

It was for me very difficult not to express my option regarding the intellectual capacity of some costumers ("How can I help you?" "Everything stopped!" "What stopped?" "Just everything - nothing works!" "Could you be a bit more specific?" "Yes, it just doesn't work!" ... 5 minutes later: "I am really sorry, but my crystal ball is currently at the pawn broker.")



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05 Feb 2009, 6:40 pm

WhyAmIAspie wrote:
3.) Football player- Aspies lack the physical coordination. They can't pass a football, or run very fast. They can also be too clumsy.


I was a damn good corner when I played football.



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05 Feb 2009, 11:28 pm

i agree in my case someone bc ive never been a working with people kind of person. the football part gave me a good laugh bc i cant throw a football to save my life lol but hey some people can others cant.


sometimes i get scared for the future, whether or not id have a sucessfull career



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05 Feb 2009, 11:56 pm

Telemarketer, or any job trying to get people to buy things... For me at least, both on a social and ethical level.



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05 Feb 2009, 11:59 pm

SquishypuffDave wrote:
Telemarketer, or any job trying to get people to buy things... For me at least, both on a social and ethical level.


Convincing people they need something isn't hard, its a matter of making them feel on the same level as the product, and that the product will enhance them. Telemarketing is all about awareness. Did you know such and such, you could benefit from such and such... My dad is a financial advisor, and sells insurance and investments, something most people won't buy unless they are contacted, but yet everyone needs to cover the inevitable.



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06 Feb 2009, 2:59 am

any job that requires proper, socially acceptable, communication to the public all day long. I work better by myself.



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26 Oct 2009, 6:39 pm

I completely disagree with the OP. Sorry if this thread is a dead one, I found it on Google.

Edit: cannot post links. Google "Aspergers and Military" - should be the first link.

I read that, then I called the author. Like 10 minutes ago. The article is irrelevant to this post, but it is to show that the guy had some background. I talked to him and was told that police careers can be great for Aspies. Not all Police and LE jobs are street. Aspies tend to make great Investigators/Detectives apparently.

Also, as stated, all Asperger's people are different. To make such a general statement is ignorant and rude. I notice the OP is 15, so even responding like this is most likely unwarranted. I will refrain from losing my temper at the OP., though this thread annoyed me.

Sorry if I just "zombied" this thread.