Finding an Aspie friendly major when you suck at math

Post Reply New Topic

Temple Grandin, a high functioning autistic and expert on autism, mentions business majors as not good for Aspies. However, she also recommends Accounting as a major and career for Aspies, and it is technically a business degree.

Who said Aspies are automatically good at math? We all have different talents.

Anyway, I do have a liberal arts degree (a BFA in Theatre production and design), and I am employed in my field. Of course, I don`t make a lot of money, and it took a couple of years to get on my feet, but I enjoy my work, which is the key to success.

The issues with such a degree are not so much the lack of employment, but rather that most people taking liberal arts don`t really know what they want out of life. Not to say that you shouldn`t study different subjects, any knowledge is good knowledge. But rather if you don`t have some idea about what type of career you want, you can`t expect to magically figure it out once you have your degree. A degree is not an `admit one` ticket, it`s more a type of work experience.

The other problem with degrees in general is you usually have to write essays for classes, even if you are studying art. I found this very difficult in particular.

I'm finding it very difficult as well. I'm not in a "liberal arts" major, but I do go to a school that has a "liberal arts" slant in the general education/distribution requirements, leading me to do a whole lot of writing (not so cool for me with the writing disability!!)

but thankfully I'm almost through all my quarters of writing...

I would second history as a good non-math aspie major. Even though I'm quite good at math, if I had to choose a "liberal arts" or humanities type major I'd pick history - except for the tremendous amount of writing necessary, I'd probably like it quite a bit.

Yes, I find everything about it hard, not just the writing part. Choosing a thesis, doing research, and then doing it in proper MLA format... not to mention the amount of willpower it takes to set aside time for yourself and just do it. Ugh, it was a nightmare, all those wasted hours.
But look on the bright side, once you have your degree, you’ll never have to do it again! That was always a small comfort.