Welcome back to Autistic Advice, a recurring series where I respond to questions about neurodiversity, accessibility, disability justice, and self-advocacy from my perspective as an Autistic psychologist. You can send me questions or suggest future entries in the series via my Tumblr ask box, linked here.
Today, I’ll be responding to a question about how to choose and maintain a livable career as an Autistic. An Autistic graduate student tells me he’s trying to find a way to keep meltdowns and overload at bay on the job — but from the sound of it, he’s also debating whether his current career path is a good fit at all: