What do you do for a living?

[Metalhead]

I am a part time secretary.

SSDI is my primary income.

Not exactly proud of this.

 

[Outdated]

SSDI is my primary income.
Not exactly proud of this.

You shouldn't feel so bad about it. There seems to be a lot more stigma associated with this in the US than there is in Australia. The first American I ever met was having a bit of a rant, he'd come to Australia on business and wasn't getting his own way.

He said "The great American dream is to own a house bigger and better than your neighbours with a big swimming pool in the back yard and still have enough money to send all your kids to college. As far as I can tell the great Australian dream is to not have to work.".

I grinned and shook his hand and told him he'd got it right.

Our social security department is called Centrelink.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Went down into basement to find Screw to hang painting have storage cabinet in front or dryer Moved container of fabric softener and liquid detergent stored on top, paint missing rust present I spent years testing dryer and washer machine paint for specifically for detergent resistance. obviously whoever took over responsibility for quality after I left dropped the ball big time Who needs planned obsolescence.

 

[AprilR]

My best. Jk i am an attorney, somehow.

 

[Mary Terry]

My best. Jk i am an attorney, somehow.

Me, too, April. I'm now retired, though.

 

[AprilR]

Me, too, April. I'm now retired, though.

It is my first time meeting another autistic attorney, irl or online! I am still not sure how i managed to become one, and got praise to boot!

 

[Mary Terry]

It is my first time meeting another autistic attorney, irl or online! I am still not sure how i managed to become one, and got praise to boot!

I'm NT but I have a friend who is an autistic attorney. She specializes the disability claims and sets up Special Needs Trusts for many people, including my autistic nephew. She has an excellent reputation and I often refer people to her for representation.

 

[AprilR]

I'm NT but I have a friend who is an autistic attorney. She specializes the disability claims and sets up Special Needs Trusts for many people, including my autistic nephew. She has an excellent reputation and I often refer people to her for representation.

That's amazing! It is my dream as well to help other disabled people in legal matters, to become a sort of activist even.

 

[grommet]

Me, too, April. I'm now retired, though.

Res judicata ;-)

 

[Eren]

I have been working as a software engineer for a few years, mainly using Java, I went to the office for a year but since Covid I have been working from home.

 

[Fino]

I have been working as a software engineer for a few years, mainly using Java, I went to the office for a year but since Covid I have been working from home.

I really admire people who work with computers because I tried and my brain couldn’t do it at all!

 

[Aspychata]

My mom told me l should have gone to law school. But l did help my firm win a case simply as a paralegal. It's amazing how many talented people are at this website, and they give freely of themselves to help others who stumble and fall and just need support.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

I really admire people who work with computers because I tried and my brain couldn’t do it at all!

My brain is too active for computers, computers like logic chains that make sense not chains that fellow humans as programmers like to use. This is what held up AI originally.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Retired now. Expert on industrial application of coatings, good part of this was industrial colour control. Couple of college diplomas with a few certificates, along with special ability to solve real life puzzles. made my career.

Either way it does not take an extraordinary education, to make a difference.

 

[dadko20]

these are the jobs autists excell at :

• IT & Programming – coding, debugging, data analysis
• Engineering & Math – precise calculations, problem-solving
• Research & Science – lab work, data collection, analysis
• Art & Design – illustration, animation, music
• Quality Control / Testing – spotting errors, consistency checks
• Library / Archiving – organizing, cataloging, record-keeping

 

[Kitsuna]

I’m trained in graphic design, but I have a government desk job.

I made a lot of progress towards getting back to my creative roots last year so maybe I’ll get a new job in 2026

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

these are the jobs autists excell at :

• IT & Programming – coding, debugging, data analysis
• Engineering & Math – precise calculations, problem-solving
• Research & Science – lab work, data collection, analysis
• Art & Design – illustration, animation, music
• Quality Control / Testing – spotting errors, consistency checks
• Library / Archiving – organizing, cataloging, record-keeping

Looks like four of the six items applied to me.

 

[JayLapointe]

these are the jobs autists excell at :

• IT & Programming – coding, debugging, data analysis
• Engineering & Math – precise calculations, problem-solving
• Research & Science – lab work, data collection, analysis
• Art & Design – illustration, animation, music
• Quality Control / Testing – spotting errors, consistency checks
• Library / Archiving – organizing, cataloging, record-keeping

That is too funny as my current job is essentially pulling from each of those areas but the first two primarily. I manage IT at work, and when I'm not doing that I'm mapping infrastructure projects, water/sewer/roads that type of thing. But my job was created to keep me specifically because I'm a good problem solver. I don't sit in any one department I'm left on my own to work with them all on projects that half the time are just ideas for ways to do things better that the dept heads appreciate because it makes their lives easier.

Professionally I'm a "Technologist" which essentially boils down to, I went to college not university so I can't be an Engineer but I'm an engineers assistant doing the work but not stamping the final project. Now I actually did go to University as well but that was for a different field of study unrelated to what became my working career.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

That is too funny as my current job is essentially pulling from each of those areas but the first two primarily. I manage IT at work, and when I'm not doing that I'm mapping infrastructure projects, water/sewer/roads that type of thing. But my job was created to keep me specifically because I'm a good problem solver. I don't sit in any one department I'm left on my own to work with them all on projects that half the time are just ideas for ways to do things better that the dept heads appreciate because it makes their lives easier.

Professionally I'm a "Technologist" which essentially boils down to, I went to college not university so I can't be an Engineer but I'm an engineers assistant doing the work but not stamping the final project. Now I actually did go to University as well but that was for a different field of study unrelated to what became my working career.

Sounds similar, fellow technologist basically worked alone for most of my career, given lab did my own thing which usually worked so nobody bothered me. upgraded my education as I saw fit used this to move my employer ahead. If no credit given, simply left repeated.

 

[Nervous Rex]

these are the jobs autists excel at :

Excel.