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willem
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21 Apr 2007, 5:20 pm

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tomart, I'm dealing with just such a place. Note that I am Canadian; it may be different in New Jersey:

I went to the local employment agency, told them I was having trouble maintaining gainful employment due to several due to disability, and they refered me to a career rehabilitation place. I went there and got to do lots of fun tests like intelligence tests, MBIT, some others. They also refered me to a psychologist(more fun tests!), where he picked up on me having AS, and commented on it with the second visit.

In my case, its all paid for by the state, as reduces load on unemployment/disability benefits(which I have never claimed), and promotes the economy by lessening the unemployment rate(which is not a problem here, but its still paid for).


All of these facilities are also offered here in the US, for the same reason. The place to go to is the state/city's DVR (Division of Vocational Rehabilitation). Amongst other things, they're paying for my college costs, so that I don't have to take out any loans.


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26 Apr 2007, 10:30 am

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There are degrees in Technical Writing. You can also look into research jobs, library research, law research, etc. Also, I have an NT friend who works in Epidemiology where she does medical research for private companies and works from her home. I've had stay at home mom acquaintances who did Medical Transcription and worked at home. Many Technical Writers work from home and it is really not a good NT job because most NTs find it too lonely. Grant Writing has limited people contact and that is usually more of a course.

We need to start a thread of jobs that are Aspie friendly. I've been thinking about this before. My brother has always successfully worked because he is technically inclined and he works as a tech on machines. Maybe not the highest pay he could have with his IQ, but so what? He loves it and he's supported himself and six kids with it. He always messed around with machines when we were kids and I always wrote. We both ended up in something we love.

Do you have any kind of career counseling around you, Tom? I would go there and emphasize that you want to look at jobs where you spend much of your time on your own. List what you would like instead of what you would not like. They should be able to come up with a list and what the qualifications are to get into it. That is what they are there to do.

Career counseling... like the colleges i went to? Or are you referring to something like a private (pricey) service?

["medical research for private companies" Where to begin looking? Are there want ads for this?]




Here's the background she says she has. You might need to google some of it. I pasted verbatim.

Background -- I'm a medical technologist (ASCP certified) and have worked in a hospital. I also am a former microbiologist. I have an MSPH in epidemiology and should have a PhD but have managed to not need it so far. I also spent some time in a CRO doing statistical programming using SAS and other tools. After that, I worked as an epidemiologist in the pharmaceutical industry for several years. Part of it is just luck though. I feel very fortunate!


So there you go. She was happy to help out. Hope it does help!



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26 Apr 2007, 2:54 pm

ZanneMarie wrote:
Here's the background she says she has. You might need to google some of it. I pasted verbatim.

Background -- I'm a medical technologist (ASCP certified) and have worked in a hospital. I also am a former microbiologist. I have an MSPH in epidemiology and should have a PhD but have managed to not need it so far. I also spent some time in a CRO doing statistical programming using SAS and other tools. After that, I worked as an epidemiologist in the pharmaceutical industry for several years. Part of it is just luck though. I feel very fortunate!

So there you go. She was happy to help out. Hope it does help!

Yes, I'd need to look up what some of those acronyms mean.

Thanks to both of you! Now I have something more specific than when I went to DVR before. ("And I'd like to apply for the luck too, please.") :wink: