10 Jobs Where Autistic People Thrive (And Why) was originally published on Mentra.
Beyond the tech stereotype. A closer look at the roles where autistic cognitive strengths are the work, not a workaround. The dominant cultural picture of autistic professionals is narrow and out of date. Software engineer, data scientist, possibly mathematician, likely male, probably at a large tech company. That archetype exists, and there is nothing wrong with it, but it has dominated the conversation for so long that it has obscured the full picture of where autistic professionals…
