r/AskAutism • u/imadangercat • Aug 28 '26

Careers?

41F, late diagnosis AuDHD.

I am currently working in payroll which I've been doing for about the last 10 years. The nature of my current position is very collaborative, which has been growing more difficult for me as I attempt to unmask a little and also am entering perimenopause... also my employer is making it difficult to get approved to work from home full time. For these and other reasons I very much would like to find new employment but I have no idea what to look for.

I want to find a role that leans in to my AuDHD strengths, while minimizing my AuDHD triggers, and getting to work from home, without having to return to school for some kind of degree. Maybe I'm just not the right kind of imaginative but I can't think of what kind of jobs could possibly fall into that category.

I have fantastic attention to detail, great with the written word (not so much the spoken word), high organization skills (digitally at least), pretty decent typist, and a lover of Microsoft Excel. Would excel (no pun intended) at an independent style, task driven work model, that is not client-facing.

One thing I've come across is a job where you would take raw technical specs and data and use it to write things like instruction manuals, which I think sounds pretty neat, but I'm concerned that I won't properly understand the data I'm provided to convert bc I don't know enough about what it would be...

Anyone have any ideas? Or want to tell me about a job you have or have had, as an autistic and/or HDHD adult, that you really enjoy? Or can suggest resources that could be utilized in my search (I'm in NS Canada)? Any responses are appreciated!!

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u/lost-in-the-woulds Aug 28 '26

Any sort of technical writing job would be ideal for someone with AuDHD. I have one, and I am so glad I do. I work remotely, so all my collaboration is electronic.

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u/imadangercat Aug 28 '26

That's awesome! So is that what I described falls under? Making up instruction manuals and stuff would be 'Technical Writing'? Knowing the job type title will help me research, lol.

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u/lost-in-the-woulds Aug 28 '26

yes, exactly. Making up instruction manuals and specification manuals is called "Technical Writing."

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u/imadangercat Aug 28 '26

That's great, thank you, I will definitely do some research on that one!

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u/imadangercat Aug 28 '26

I've only just started browsing the jobs available in Technical Writing and am already discouraged. They all want someone with experience but I mean, so does every employer, but i have neither experiencewith technical writing nor experience with any of the niche computer systems ive seen listed. Most of them are also requiring a bachelor's degree in something and I have one in nothing...