Can an aspie become a neurologist?

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My passion/obsession/special interest is medicine specifically neurology, I want to be a neurologist, it's all I've ever really wanted to be, I'm relatively high functioning, I can talk to anyone about medical stuff, just not fabulous at random convo, I do stim with hand wringing and flapping, but I feel I could be a doctor, cause a neurologist doesn't need heaps of empathy or bedside manner, all the ones I ever saw were cold fish and a half

I want to be a therapist, so I think a neurologist goes along just fine with autism too. It depends of the person!

Go for it if it is what you want to do.

It's not necessary to be normal to work with people as long as an autistic person has something to share with people (such as knowledge, understanding that normal people don't, unique point of view of things...) that people can profit from in some way.

I'm not the most normal empathetic person there is due to the autism, but I have a very keen perception of what's up with kids and how they feel like, about what their difficulties could be and how to help them with these.

Think about what you have or what you know and what you're good at that will directly or indirectly help people who seek out neurologist aspie_giraffe (awesome name) and that will therefore make you a qualified and unique neurologist.

It would be quite discriminating for not letting an aspie become a neurologist. It's not like we are narcissists or criminals or something...

Yes - definitely!

If anything I would say that being aspie could be a great asset to your work...

Do it! Do it do it do it!

Something about this post makes me weep for Aspie-kind for just seeing someone post this subject. Being an Aspie effects nothing if you try. We are suppose to be uncordinated but I can do front flips and parkour, if you want a job there should be nothing stopping you.

there is nothing stopping an aspie from becoming a doctor; if neurology is your passion, you might even be better at it then the average student you'll meet...

Arguably, people with Aspergian traits are by nature MORE likely to wind up in specialized feels.
I'm going into Autism research.

^ This

There are so many options. You could work with patients, teach students, or work in medical research or neurosurgery. Lots of open doors once you have your medical degree.

! !!mee too....! !! I am obsessed with medicine big time, and I do want to become a doctor, especially surgery, neurology and stuff. But I also want to do some film acting too. I believe you'll succeed, definitely. Passion is what it takes to make it. Being an aspie won't matter that much as long as you love your job, take on the responsibility, do your best, and the patients will see your dedication. Go for it!

! !!mee too....! !! I am obsessed with medicine big time, and I do want to become a doctor, especially surgery, neurology and stuff. But I also want to do some film acting too. I believe you'll succeed, definitely. Passion is what it takes to make it. Being an aspie won't matter that much as long as you love your job, take on the responsibility, do your best, and the patients will see your dedication. Go for it!

Your seriously one of my favorite people here. YOUR AVATAR KICKS ARSE!

Of course you can, and I wish you luck in doing so

Why not? If you can pass the MCAT and do well in medical school, just like anybody else, I say do it. I don't see why an aspie can't or even someone with higher functioning ASD. It's all academic.

The only thing I would be concerned about is those of us with coordination problems trying to get through surgical rotations. And not all of us have coordination problems, although I do.

Of course, if you have fine motor problems it probably won't be a good idea for to be doing hands-on surgery, but I say go for it, being an aspie is all the more of a reason to go into neurology.

Aspies are as capable of becoming anything they want to be as any NT of the same ability and economic status.