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[quote=Anonymous]I posted this earlier in the College forum and I'm cross-posting here in case parents of older SN kids read this forum...

We're exploring career options for our early HS-aged DC, who has mild/HFA. DC excels in one field which is taught in schools, is very sweet and social, loves working with kids and because of that has always expressed an interest in teaching. DC's main difficulties lie in discerning other people's motives, making somewhat off-the-wall comments from time to time, having a narrow range of interests and loving to discuss them. We think that in many respects teaching would be an ideal job, but we're worried about the social aspects of the work (dealing with workplace politics, dealing with parents, controlling the class and not getting "duped" by students who detect vulnerability and try to take advantage of it, etc.)
Because of this, another option we're also encouraging DC to consider is working as a therapist (e.g. O.T. or music therapy) in hopes that the job will provide the same psychic rewards with fewer of the downsides I mentioned.

I'm curious as to whether anyone here has a child with ASD who's gone into either of these fields and how that's shaped up, what the challenges have been and how your DC has dealt with them. [/quote]

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