Good careers that integrate brain power with movement

[Anonymous]

Agro engineering would be a good fit.

[Anonymous]

Sports medicine or physical therapy?

[Anonymous]

That profile would make a great teacher. It is regimented and structured enough to help with my adhd but gives me the flexibility to be creative and run off on tangents. I rarely sit down except for around 45 minutes a day while I grade or lesson plan. I teach high school math so I work my brain and socialize all day with students. Many of my colleagues coach teams to get the athletic piece in too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trying to help my bright, ADHD kid think about careers he might enjoy. He’s someone who really needs to be up and moving and would probably be terrible at any job that tied him to a desk all day.

Strengths:
—math
—manipulating things with his hands (for example, he loves speed-solving Rubik’s cubes)
—very athletic
—art
—outgoing
—quick thinker

Weaknesses:
—writing
—struggles with empathy & introspection
—impatient

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Surgeon
Interventional radiologist
Gastroenterologist
Interventional cardiologist

Medicine has lots of avenues for someone with your kids profile, and is full of people like this.

[Anonymous]

Environmental work. Have a friend with a chemistry background. Works outdoors testing water samples, etc. Also in office. Never boring, works for government, so stable.

[Anonymous]

Sales in a field that at least moderately interests him. He will have to work on his empathy and EQ, but that might come with age and maturity.

[Anonymous]

Sales
Park ranger

[Anonymous]

Lab rat.

I did it for many years at a biotechnology company. I was constantly on my feet, at the lab bench, different parts of the building, etc.
Exhausted at the end of each day and my step count was through the roof.