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okay here's the deal.

I am very bright (although not mathmatically inclined). I can do most any job & have had my fair share of job changes. I need to find work that has LITTLE to NO contact with HUMANS...

I am a nurse, a phlebotomist, floral design artist ~ I don't want to do these things anymore...

Too much Human contact... Doing these things just sets me up to fail in the social arena. I can do the job but not the associate with NT's. I end up being a nervous wreck all the time. Miserable, with tons of physical fatigue & emotional stress.

I cannot stress my need to stop dealing with this world enough. I am sick & tired of failing. I am sich of always feeling like an oddity.

I would like to find a position I can do from home.

Any ideas.

More education is an option.

What kind of jobs do you all have? How do you handle the NT's?

I am also a web developer/programmer and work from home. Webdesign is less mathematical then programming in general. It mainly consists of designing a webpage and then turning it into html. There are plenty of online tutorials on how to do these things, I never bothered going to school for it. I usually start by drawing what I want the webpage to look like on paper and then scanning it into the computer and create the graphics using adobe photoshop and/or corel paint shop pro. These programs can seem daunting at first, especially photoshop. Your floral design experience should mean you have good design sence which is important for making good webpages. Nows a good time to get into it since web 2.0 sites are generally really simple and clean. The other aspect of it is the html. This is a markup language and consists of tags with content. Basically a bunch of boxes that you put text or pictures into or other boxes. No math involved (aside from measuring the spacing between boxes). For more advanced sites some javascript may be in order to do things like mouse overs, but is not really neccessary.

If you find all that easy enough to figure out, you can start looking into programming languages like php with a mysql database to have dynamic content. There are plenty of open source systems that do these kind of things already that you can integrate into your webpages.

Again there are tons of tutorials online to do all this. Programming is more logic based then mathamatical. Like "if this is the case, do this, otherwise do this." or "while this is true, do this" If you do get adventurous enough to look into web programming, I recomment php for server side scripting (what generates the webpage before it is downloaded to the users computer) and then JQuery for the interactions of the webpage. JQuery is just an open source javascript framework. no sence reinventing the wheel, unless you enjoy it


Most programmers I know seem to be aspies even if they don't realize it XD

Edit: To get an idea what html looks like right click anywhere on wrong planet and select "view source" or whatever similar option the browser you are using has.

You probably won't like this suggestion, but my solution has been to work in jobs where polite social interaction doesn't really happen. Like manual labor positions. I worked in a metal fab shop for 4 years, it was perfectly acceptable to say most anything, assuming you ever had time to even talk. Now I work in a barn, there are only 4 people there I see regularly. They get on me a little sometimes for some of my comments (I can't seem to help it), but they usually laugh it off.

If you have done nursing, how about doing the night shift?

It is possible to handle NT's, it depends on whether they are nice and if they can respect you for needing space and quiet around you, and that you are not rude in your mannerisms. Yes, you get those, especially in geeky type environments.

With your experience as a phlebotomist (confession: had to Google it...) how about going into lab work? Instead of drawing the blood, moving onto doing the analysis and stuff, lots of paperwork/computer work and lab work; and if you have seen the TV show Regenesis, you'll know an aspie fits right in

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Let me get this straight...

Experience / Qualifications:

-Floral Arranging
-Nursing
-Phlebotomist

Job Preferences:

-Little or no human contact.
-Little or no mathematics.
-Work from home.

Limitations:

-Chest Pains.
-Chronic Anxiety (Always nervous and upset)
-G.E.R.D.
-Irritable Bowel Syndrome (?).
-Weight Gain.

Have you considered a career as a Medical Transcriptionist? All you have to do is read the physician's scrawls and enter them into an on-line medical file.

Honestly, programming may not be for you, as it involves math or its close cousin logic. A programmer is constrianed by programming rules, as well as those imposed by other people. Besides, the comic strip "Dilbert" is a fairly accurate representation of the programmer's business life.

I'm a nurse too and find working very difficult. In fact, today I almost quit because at our staff meeting somebody I thought was my friend started verbally attacking me.

There are many different jobs for nurses. How about reviewing medical records for insurance companies or lawyers? Case managers don't have too much contact with people. Teaching? That's what I do and it works for me. I'm a nurse educator at a psych hospital. Clinical nursing instructor also was a lot of fun. Still have contact with people but only for short periods so relationships don't go south.

Good luck.

As much as you migth desire solitude, it is unhealthy unless you're a monk. It is best to force yourself to engage with people, with society, even if it's difficult.

I write and find myself in solitude quite a bit, writing. Yet, if I only did this, I would get depressed easily.

If you say to me, well, you're an NT, I would return with the notion that I do have some aspie traits (not an aspie) and I am drawn to a life of solitude because then I don't have to force myself to engage with others, listen to them, respond etc. It is tiring. But, in the end, it is important and not only do I gain something from it, the others I interact with need me and gain something too.

I would never want my son to be isolated. He craves interaction because he craves knowledge and he makes others smile (always has).

You all have something to offer other people, whether you believe it or not, so reach out. You can change professions, if you desire, but don't find one that doesn't include people!

The most uninteresting people, the most afraid, are the ones that hide from the world and live a life of solitude in the comfort of their safe zone, their homes.

Don't use autism as an excuse. Get out there and show the world what those with autism can do!

equinn

What ever you do, stay away from multi-level martketing schemes like Amway/Alticore, Herbalife and others. You end up paying way more than you'll ever take in. That Crazy fox commercial is a lead in to Herbalife. Besides, you have to deal with people in those endeavors.