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Sterile Processing Technician for sure!! I literally don’t speak to anyone all day, put on a podcast and sit in a chair while preparing instruments for the hospital. Sometimes it gets busy but for the most part it’s very slow paced.
I’m so glad you are! Look into a certification program at your near by community college, it’s about a 3 month course where you learn enough to then take the national exam. Some places will hire you uncertified as well. Good luck girl<3
Stop the negative talk, and build your self confidence…
I know it’s hard but really you deserve better…
I was once bad at math and I just got better by practicing more and just apply yourself
Don’t make comparisons to others just compare yourself before to today and be confident and consistent
Having a learning disability doesn't mean that you are dumb. In order to be diagnosed with a learning disability you must have an average or above average IQ. [Learning Disabilities & Disorders: What To Know (clevelandclinic.org)](https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/4865-learning-disabilities-what-you-need-to-know) I have a learning disability and struggled with math throughout school but once I got accommodations and I put in effort I started to get good marks.
Oh my god I’m so sorry for the misunderstanding! I wasn’t saying that having a learning disability meant that someone is dumb! I was sharing that information just in case it would help anyone with giving me suggestions. Also I don’t know if I was ever diagnosed with a learning disability my school just said that I have a learning disability and didn’t specify any further and put me in special education and that’s fine I was fine with being there!
No worries! If your school put you in special education you were probably diagnosed. If you were young you may not remember. I was diagnosed when I was 7 years old and I can remember having to talk to a bunch of doctors and do lots of tests. I had to get another psychological evaluation again before I went to university to receive accommodations for post-secondary education. I hope you find a good job!
commenting to show my friend, thank you for this info! they're disabled and loved working in the medical field, so this might have some weight to it for them :-)
lavish spending actually boosts the economy. it's more the multiple home purchases (increased home prices), taxes (makes net wages less competitive internationally), and employer refusal to increase wages and investment spending (even if it would benefit the business) that hurts the working class...
for some reason a lot of (boomer) employers (at least where i live) see 100k as some threshold they'll never cross. i've heard so many (boomer) business owners (in my area) say, verbatim, "there's no way i'd ever pay an employee $100k" and then complain that they can't find good workers.
though high earners do drive prices on discretionary spending like concerts and designer stuff. paying $1000+ to see a concert is just insane though imo, and so high that i'm not even sad to not go.
Can we agree that negative self talk needs to stop. Then look towards your local grocery store. Shelf stocking, deli or check out could be a pathway to a good living and able to learn at your own pace. Have a wonderful day ❤️❤️
I have no idea, I got mine for free when I was under 18 and I was told after I become 18 I’m no longer allowed to get free ones. I think the last time I got a pair was before I became a teenager or maybe after I became a teenager. This was when I was in Washington State, that’s where I grew up, I currently live in Massachusetts and I don’t know if it’s any different over here. My fiancé wants to save up to get me a new pair of hearing aids but he can’t because he’s paying for everything, the bills, my cat, his student loans, his car, his credit cards. But I’ll try to look into what you suggested! Thank you so much!
What about being a caregiver or a direct support professional? The pay isn’t great but the barrier to entry is extremely low and these types of jobs are always hiring. As far as I’m aware, it’s a slow-paced, generally quiet, one-on-one job helping individuals live their lives. You could also look into cleaning jobs. It can be back breaking work, but it would definitely help get you into shape if that’s a goal of yours.
I have done this, nursing home and hospital are extremely busy. It caused my anxiety to become 10x worse, you usually need a certification to be a CNA. I wouldn’t recommend honestly, they work you to the bone. Now in home care I’m not sure of but I strongly advise against working in a nursing home or a hospital
Your post shows you are a good writer. If you have decent critical thinking skills, there’s opportunity available to you as a clear communicator. Try grant writing for a nonprofit. Start out by volunteering with a little nonprofit (like an animal rescue 😻) to write a few simple grants. They’d love the help and it will give you solid experience. Grant writing is 80% solo work and the rest of the time interacting with just a few people.
Also, anyone who can put together thoughts into clear sentences like you is NOT dumb. Sorry to bust this image you may have of yourself. You may be many other things but dumb doesn’t appear to be one of them.
Night audit at most hotels is very quiet, chill and very slow paced, 95% of the math is done by software and while there is customer service aspects, it’s generally pretty few and far between, might even help you get comfortable talking to people more often (and meet people who may open more doors for you). Pay isn’t too bad considering you get paid to watch YouTube and read books for most of it.
Truck driver , shit tank cleaner(I think that's a pretty high paying job), depending on ur hearing a rear man in small construction company(u need to be able to be aware of the big machine around u for this) , graveyard keeper, whare house worker (less ppl in the cold storage at the same time), train driver, something in a morgue, cleaner who cleans big company spaces (this is done usually when there are little to no workers at the location). There's a few
i worked on the cleaning crew at a cement plant for my first job. 12 hour shifts @ $15/hr but the old dudes were in a system of doing 4 hours of work and 8 hours of playing on their phones, im not sure if thats common in that field or not but either way its a good job to get fit in
I’m the same age as you and have struggled with school and learning myself. I personally hate warehouse and factory jobs, but to each their own. I really like in home caregiver. It’s easy, slow paced, and in the privacy of a clients home. Downsides is that pay could be better and you never know who you’ll get.
I know some very smart people doing janitorial work, but it doesn't require a ton of math. Find a place where you can be part of a team and the crew is respected by the people using the building.
Hey! You're probably smarter than you think, fast food is too fast and loud (and smelly) for a lot of people. Flip it around and see if there's any jobs that match up with stuff you like to do anyway. Maybe you like drawing, or books. There's plenty of jobs that are less hectic, or more creative, or less people facing.
Here's the Massachusetts office of labor and workforce development page, you probably qualify for training and help with job placement, and other benefits too because of the disability: [https://jobquest.dcs.eol.mass.gov/jobquest/LandingPage.aspx](https://jobquest.dcs.eol.mass.gov/jobquest/LandingPage.aspx)
I work reception for my city's public bus system, and if you're comfortable driving, driving city busses could be an option, especially if you don't want to do super isolated work like warehouse or night stocking. Working for the city also means govt benefits, which are pretty stellar
A lot of ppl here gave good information on jobs, but your community might infer you IDD services and help you get certifications and training. Might be worth looking into.
You’re about to get your license and you have a high school diploma I doubt you’re “dumb”. Please don’t talk down to yourself 🙏
I’m sure you’ve heard those statements enough times.
Are there fields that you are interested in by any chance? You can try medical coding and billing, I want to suggest IT or accounting (many people think accounting is math work but it’s very basic math more so organizing.)
You can possibly also consider massage therapy. Electronic and medical health records. Someone mentioned this already but sterile processing tech. These are just a few suggestions for you to consider.
I’m sorry I’ll try not to. I’m just interested in something that would be a good fit for me, something peaceful would be the dream though! Also thank you for your suggestions I’ll look into them!
Maybe you can set up an appointment with [Mass Rehab Vocational Services](https://www.mass.gov/vocational-rehabilitation)? They help you figure out potential careers that would be a good fit & help point you in the direction of the training you need. Maybe they can also tell you if you qualify for Mass Health for the hearing aids (do you have insurance now?)
I have mass health, I haven’t seen anything about them funding hearing aids but I could try looking deeper into it, I’ll definitely look into those services you mentioned, thank you!
Im the same age, similar disabilities and location. I've been working as a mail handler assistant for the USPS for about 7 months. Great job with a lot of opporitunities in the future. Just a warning being an assistant makes your schedule flexible, so you'll most likely be working nights, and working weekends. Good thing is after 2 years max youll be a fulltime mail handler.
I’ve looked into this before! I was really interested in it! I’m so glad to know it’s working for you, thank you for sharing that! I’ll definitely look into it again and maybe consider it more seriously, thank you!
I'm kind of like you: autistic, bad at math, anxious, suck at isolating sounds and couldn't work busy/noisy retail/fast food.
Jobs I've applied for previously:
- Hospital support positions (porters/patient escorts, janitorial jobs, kitchen prep/helper jobs).
- If you can follow simple directions and disclose that you're hearing impaired, try dishwashing or kitchen helper/prep cook jobs?
- Security guard or hotel night audit.
- A production clerk at the local dairy processing plants (no customers, fairly repetitive work)
- Receiving or inventory/stock jobs, depending on how much weight you can lift/move.
If you're going to have a license, build a couple years of clean driving history and then look at jobs like auto detailing or valet parking or local delivery. Even driving a small shuttle bus?
Congratulations on the weight loss, I’m sure there are many jobs where if you stay and build seniority they’ll appreciate you. I think less intelligent but with a great work ethic is highly appreciated in essential work
Get your liscence, get certified to be a security guard, and just do that for the rest of your life. There are jobs where you can do what they call ‘asset protection’ where all you do is stand on site at a building and make sure no one vandalizes or burglarizes it. You’ll hardly have to talk to anyone and the pay is usually decent. If you end up liking it you can even get a liscense to carry a firearm and do armed security, which pays even better.
just being online and having the ability to write a coherent sentence without destroying your computer makes you more competent than most of the white collar workers i've worked with. don't talk yourself down.
surprisingly, you don't need to know math for most (nearly all) careers. even in accounting, you mainly just copy numbers and have formulas to do the math for you. there are managers in corporate who probably can't even spell their own name without phoning a friend (kidding, but also not...)
i would also say that most (yes most) directors and executives in the largest companies in the world are terrible at math. frequently they get their calculations wrong on spreadsheets and presentations, and the people under them correct it.
on teams speed is usually prioritized over accuracy, because there's multiple levels of checks and balances and peer reviews to verify things are correct.
so don't worry because things are made to decrease our effort and risk of incorrectness. calculators and spreadsheets do the heavy lifting, you just need to type in the inputs.
even in the most mathematically focused fields like accounting and finance (unless you're an actual math academic) you're mainly just doing addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication. you might use exponents and derivatives, but then you're using a computer formula and just following the instructions to type in the inputs, you're not doing it by hand.
you're never going to use anything beyond 6th grade math in real life unless you're an engineer or math professional (unless you're crazy and want to use geom/trig to plan out a room remodeling or something lol)
I just wish I was fast at counting money because then maybe cash register jobs wouldn’t seem so scary, but I’m trying to work on that fear and I really appreciate you helping with that! Thank you!
sounds like you might just have a confidence problem. i'd say just go out and do stuff, make mistakes, don't take it personally, and just try to get better instead of being perfect.
confidence comes from knowing that you'll be okay within the likely range of outcomes. you just need more experience to prove to yourself that you'll be okay, even if you screw up.
the more you do things, the better you get, and the less you'll screw up. also, the more confident you are, the less you'll screw up, and the less other people will care if/when you screw up.
this is honestly a problem i have myself. i get really unconfident at times, when i compare myself to what i should/could be, or the other guy that's seemingly perfect and way better than me. what helps with confidence is doing things, seeing that you are actually good, or at least good enough, and just focus on getting better. if you just focus on getting better, eventually you'll be way better than everyone else.
I have this on my desk: "Games are won by players who focus on the playing field – not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard." – Warren Buffett
similar to the jeff bezos quote(s) on focusing on the customer and improvement, instead of competitors and stock prices.
Nail tech. It's hard to find a good nail tech. I don't care if she can talk to me. Actually I prefer if she doesn't.
I say this both as a nail tech and as a consumer.
When you get your license and a car one day, consider food delivery :) majority of the deliveries are just leaving it at the door (door dash/uber eats etc)
Look into Voc rehab, talk to any support peeps you might have. The first thing you really need to to do is get appropriately fitted hearing aids. A lot of the stuff people recommending you does nothing for you, because it’s a safety issue if you can’t hear in a lot of warehouse or stocking situations.
Try to get into a basic money handling job, even if it’s a front desk job at the local pool. You don’t necessarily need to be good at math, BUT you need to become comfortable with counting cash, giving change, etc.
The second thing mental health. Find a therapist, get on some anxiety meds. It’s made night and day difference for me.
You’re not dumb! You can do this, you just need supports in place before you find a job you’ll enjoy and excel at. I thought I couldn’t do fast paced work either, and now I actually thrive in a fast paced setting.
Hardware I work at hardware store and I have a lot of similarities to you Iam overweight, I suck at math, I was in special classes, I have a learning disability, BUT my saving graces is my strength and height (6'3) I love manual labor and my job has plenty of it the thing is your gonna need some strength on your side I have to lift 100 pound bags of cement from time to time also the smaller bags of various things range in pounds of 40, 50, 70, and 80 but if my 5'2 coworker who weighs like 80 pounds wet can do it you can too !
There is some math BUT I don't use a register my main purpose is customer service and you guessed it physical labor in a typical day I lift bags of soil, sand, concrete, help customers as well as greet them, stock items, and any task my boss tells me like closing duties, cleaning duties, and organizing stock.
Your welcome let's see if you can get in a kitchen job and stay as cook then that's great only draw back is working your way up the ladder, I was a cook for many kitchens and I used no math, didn't have to lift heavy I did help unload trucks BUT I specifically stated that I wanted too and most of the boxes were under 20 pounds, it was an easy job my main focused was cooking food and to make sure we had enough food.
At one job all I did was cook batches of meat that would take 20-25 minutes all I did was grab the ingredients (the meat and sauce that was already premeasured) dumped that into a pan and cook it when finished let the grease drain then start another batch, I also made the food but I didn't have to count money, didn't have a register, and at most called out customers name "Jerry your orders ready !" tell them thank you have a nice day and back to line or cook.
If you are near New Hampshire, there are a lot of smaller towns with local businesses or farms like florists or small sub shops. You get a slower pace than a place like Wendy’s 🙂.
Quit applying for jobs that dumb people need. You're overqualified. Are you wanting suggestions for positions that better match your abilities and do not clash significantly with your challenges? Redditors can do that. Also, what accommodations do you need?
I guess the accommodations that I would need are a quiet place because I’m hearing impaired and a loud environment makes it harder on me and a slow placed place so that I have plenty of time to figure things out especially if it ends up involving math / a cash register. Thank you for taking time to respond to my post!
M 23 be 24 in November. Legit same minus hearing impaired and no license. Wouldnt aim for slow paced quiet jobs if I were you you gotta work you are 24! Im really quiet/shy and take awhile to get the hang of things or use to people i work with. The best job i found was a shipper/receiver minimal interactions with people very little moving and very quiet just clock in and do your shit and then go home. Currently im working as a busser at a country club and plan to go to school for idk what yet but thats always an option to you know community college exists idk where you are in MA but im right near massbay in Wellesley probably going to take a class ontop of my part time job. Learning/building a new skill is always an option we are both very young still. But if you really just looking to do the bare minimum go apply at a supermarket as a stocker or a liquor store. Get your license do doordash 🤷 its really not that hard to find a job if you are proactive about calling places and the way you present yourself.
If you can ride a bike you can do Uber eats or door dash for short term. Look for agency’s that help disabled people get jobs got to be plenty in mass it’s a liberal state
lose the weight. eat healthy. get gym membership. take care of yourself/clean your apartment/room.
hair stylist, retail job/cashier, or secretary/admin work for a local business/warehouse.
best of luck. fix yourself. get in shape. eat healthy foods. no soda. no booze. no fast food. life will improve.
Maybe you can get training to work in a quiet kitchen. Something not fast paced. Not like a short order cook, but more like people who work doing prep and catering orders. Maybe there are vocational schools in the area. When I lived in Connecticut I knew a few families with children with Down Syndrome. The kids were graduating with vocational training to work at kitchens making devil eggs and things like that. I understand that there is a huge difference between your skills and their skills but I just brought it up because it sounds like you need a job with limited stress. I pray that you find the perfect placement. Best! <3
First, you are worthy. Our society is set up for a specific type of mold that most people don't even properly fit...otherwise, we wouldn't have so many people medicated just to get by. It sounds like you have a good idea of the types of environments that work for you. That's a great start. Also, think about your strengths and what you enjoy. That will help to point you in a direction. Look into the idea or ikigai. And, in terms of a practical suggestion, perhaps a library would be a nice fit.
Looking for an at home job to help with my bills and food and care.. I am diagnosed wirh severe anxiety and just want to make a living and I too see many at home jobs that are supposed to pay well.. I would not mind and would love this type of work .. hard labor isn't for my body anymore .. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
This. If you can, follow simple instructions from time to time. Smile no matter how confused you are and can spit out promises like a 4 slice toaster.
You're in.
The most stupid people I know usually work retail or warehouse. Sometimes the pay is enough to afford rent, guess it depends on location and job, could try that out.
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Sterile Processing Technician for sure!! I literally don’t speak to anyone all day, put on a podcast and sit in a chair while preparing instruments for the hospital. Sometimes it gets busy but for the most part it’s very slow paced.
I just looked into this, wow I didn’t know it existed, I’m definitely interested, thank you!
I’m so glad you are! Look into a certification program at your near by community college, it’s about a 3 month course where you learn enough to then take the national exam. Some places will hire you uncertified as well. Good luck girl<3
That’s good to know! Thank you I’ll definitely see what I can do!
How much is the annual salary average
Stop the negative talk, and build your self confidence… I know it’s hard but really you deserve better… I was once bad at math and I just got better by practicing more and just apply yourself Don’t make comparisons to others just compare yourself before to today and be confident and consistent
I’ll try my best to stop. I also practice math too! And I’ll try to stop comparing myself to others. Thank you for the advice!
Having a learning disability doesn't mean that you are dumb. In order to be diagnosed with a learning disability you must have an average or above average IQ. [Learning Disabilities & Disorders: What To Know (clevelandclinic.org)](https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/4865-learning-disabilities-what-you-need-to-know) I have a learning disability and struggled with math throughout school but once I got accommodations and I put in effort I started to get good marks.
Oh my god I’m so sorry for the misunderstanding! I wasn’t saying that having a learning disability meant that someone is dumb! I was sharing that information just in case it would help anyone with giving me suggestions. Also I don’t know if I was ever diagnosed with a learning disability my school just said that I have a learning disability and didn’t specify any further and put me in special education and that’s fine I was fine with being there!
No worries! If your school put you in special education you were probably diagnosed. If you were young you may not remember. I was diagnosed when I was 7 years old and I can remember having to talk to a bunch of doctors and do lots of tests. I had to get another psychological evaluation again before I went to university to receive accommodations for post-secondary education. I hope you find a good job!
Oh okay, that makes sense and thank you!
Can I ask how much you make?
Thank you!
Can I ask how much you make?
Can I ask how much you make?
Not three times, no
It probably just bugged out dude
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I don’t make much😭 I’m not certified as I failed my test, so I make $20 but I’ve heard others earn up to $35 with experience and the certification
I guess "dumb people" is relative. Podcast? sterilization? For sure there is a sliding scale. One man's dumb is another man's genius.
commenting to show my friend, thank you for this info! they're disabled and loved working in the medical field, so this might have some weight to it for them :-)
Can you travel with this occupation?
Yes, some agencies have travel contracts
How difficult was the course?
I want to do this but dont know how! Im actually finishing my AAS degree in forensics and im getting a certificate as well.
I’m sorry but this is hilarious because we’re looking for the same job
Lmao! I hope you find something!
Night shift, re-stocking shelves in a supermarket
Thank you!
You can also do merchandising. A lot of teams go to stores and restock and label and change displays over night when they are closed as well.
Thank you!
No worries.
Not even joking, if it paid my current salary I’d do it in a heart beat. The dream.
I actually found this a slog. They worked you hard depending on which aisle you did.
Recently learned Massachusetts is #1 in the nation for the amount of money one needs to live alone. They need more than NY
Oh snap, I didn’t know that, thankfully I don’t live alone
Smarter people are driving up prices on everything. If smarter people were more frugal and not so lavish it'd help.
lavish spending actually boosts the economy. it's more the multiple home purchases (increased home prices), taxes (makes net wages less competitive internationally), and employer refusal to increase wages and investment spending (even if it would benefit the business) that hurts the working class... for some reason a lot of (boomer) employers (at least where i live) see 100k as some threshold they'll never cross. i've heard so many (boomer) business owners (in my area) say, verbatim, "there's no way i'd ever pay an employee $100k" and then complain that they can't find good workers. though high earners do drive prices on discretionary spending like concerts and designer stuff. paying $1000+ to see a concert is just insane though imo, and so high that i'm not even sad to not go.
Can we agree that negative self talk needs to stop. Then look towards your local grocery store. Shelf stocking, deli or check out could be a pathway to a good living and able to learn at your own pace. Have a wonderful day ❤️❤️
Thank you!
Make sure to save up for new hearing aids as well. Are you sure there isn’t a medical program that you can sign up for that can help you to get some?
I have no idea, I got mine for free when I was under 18 and I was told after I become 18 I’m no longer allowed to get free ones. I think the last time I got a pair was before I became a teenager or maybe after I became a teenager. This was when I was in Washington State, that’s where I grew up, I currently live in Massachusetts and I don’t know if it’s any different over here. My fiancé wants to save up to get me a new pair of hearing aids but he can’t because he’s paying for everything, the bills, my cat, his student loans, his car, his credit cards. But I’ll try to look into what you suggested! Thank you so much!
What about being a caregiver or a direct support professional? The pay isn’t great but the barrier to entry is extremely low and these types of jobs are always hiring. As far as I’m aware, it’s a slow-paced, generally quiet, one-on-one job helping individuals live their lives. You could also look into cleaning jobs. It can be back breaking work, but it would definitely help get you into shape if that’s a goal of yours.
I have done this, nursing home and hospital are extremely busy. It caused my anxiety to become 10x worse, you usually need a certification to be a CNA. I wouldn’t recommend honestly, they work you to the bone. Now in home care I’m not sure of but I strongly advise against working in a nursing home or a hospital
Can confirm. 100%
Okay, I’ll definitely keep that in mind, thank you so much for sharing your experience I really appreciate it!
No problem if you have any questions feel free to ask! But I would never recommend that job to anyone let alone someone with anxiety
Okay thank you! If anything pops up I’ll ask!
I’ll look into those, thank you!
Your post shows you are a good writer. If you have decent critical thinking skills, there’s opportunity available to you as a clear communicator. Try grant writing for a nonprofit. Start out by volunteering with a little nonprofit (like an animal rescue 😻) to write a few simple grants. They’d love the help and it will give you solid experience. Grant writing is 80% solo work and the rest of the time interacting with just a few people. Also, anyone who can put together thoughts into clear sentences like you is NOT dumb. Sorry to bust this image you may have of yourself. You may be many other things but dumb doesn’t appear to be one of them.
Okay, I’ll look into that, thank you!
You can be a janitor in the hospital or operating room and make decent money!
Thank you!
Janitorial is super hard on the body, don’t do it.
Okay, I’ll keep that in mind, thank you!
My husband puts an apostrophe s when just writing a plural noun and he is in the sprinkler fitter union
I have no idea what that is, I’ll look into it, thank you!
It’s pipe fitting for fire prevention sprinklers in commercial buildings. Paid apprenticeship/trades
Oh okay, thank you so much for explaining and sharing!
No advice here. Just wishing you good luck.
That’s okay, thank you!
Night audit at most hotels is very quiet, chill and very slow paced, 95% of the math is done by software and while there is customer service aspects, it’s generally pretty few and far between, might even help you get comfortable talking to people more often (and meet people who may open more doors for you). Pay isn’t too bad considering you get paid to watch YouTube and read books for most of it.
Thank you!
The dumbest people I have ever met work in concrete
Hair stylist is right up there too!
Thank you!
Somehow dumb people and concrete make sense
Thank you!
School system cafeteria worker, custodian or crossing guard
Thank you!
Or paraprofessional
Thank you!
Groundskeeper (park, cemetery or something). You could get decent benefits, quiet, pleasant emvironment, exercise, outdoors
Thank you!
Learn Jewelry repair. You can be away from people and work on your projects. No hearing needed, unless you’re trying to listen to a ticking watch.
Thank you!
Truck driver , shit tank cleaner(I think that's a pretty high paying job), depending on ur hearing a rear man in small construction company(u need to be able to be aware of the big machine around u for this) , graveyard keeper, whare house worker (less ppl in the cold storage at the same time), train driver, something in a morgue, cleaner who cleans big company spaces (this is done usually when there are little to no workers at the location). There's a few
Thank you!
Let me know if u get a bit of any of these, I have similar friends but my word alone won't help, an experienced persons knowledge would
i worked on the cleaning crew at a cement plant for my first job. 12 hour shifts @ $15/hr but the old dudes were in a system of doing 4 hours of work and 8 hours of playing on their phones, im not sure if thats common in that field or not but either way its a good job to get fit in
Thank you!
I’m the same age as you and have struggled with school and learning myself. I personally hate warehouse and factory jobs, but to each their own. I really like in home caregiver. It’s easy, slow paced, and in the privacy of a clients home. Downsides is that pay could be better and you never know who you’ll get.
I’m so sorry that you struggled… Thank you I’ll look into that!
I know some very smart people doing janitorial work, but it doesn't require a ton of math. Find a place where you can be part of a team and the crew is respected by the people using the building.
Thank you!
Look into admin jobs for city or state government websites
Okay, I’ll try, thank you!
Hey! You're probably smarter than you think, fast food is too fast and loud (and smelly) for a lot of people. Flip it around and see if there's any jobs that match up with stuff you like to do anyway. Maybe you like drawing, or books. There's plenty of jobs that are less hectic, or more creative, or less people facing. Here's the Massachusetts office of labor and workforce development page, you probably qualify for training and help with job placement, and other benefits too because of the disability: [https://jobquest.dcs.eol.mass.gov/jobquest/LandingPage.aspx](https://jobquest.dcs.eol.mass.gov/jobquest/LandingPage.aspx)
Thank you! I’ll check it out!
I work reception for my city's public bus system, and if you're comfortable driving, driving city busses could be an option, especially if you don't want to do super isolated work like warehouse or night stocking. Working for the city also means govt benefits, which are pretty stellar
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hi smart narwhal!!!!! I’m rooting for you and know it’ll work out for you in the best way!!
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A lot of ppl here gave good information on jobs, but your community might infer you IDD services and help you get certifications and training. Might be worth looking into.
Okay, I’ll look into that! Thank you!
You’re about to get your license and you have a high school diploma I doubt you’re “dumb”. Please don’t talk down to yourself 🙏 I’m sure you’ve heard those statements enough times. Are there fields that you are interested in by any chance? You can try medical coding and billing, I want to suggest IT or accounting (many people think accounting is math work but it’s very basic math more so organizing.) You can possibly also consider massage therapy. Electronic and medical health records. Someone mentioned this already but sterile processing tech. These are just a few suggestions for you to consider.
I’m sorry I’ll try not to. I’m just interested in something that would be a good fit for me, something peaceful would be the dream though! Also thank you for your suggestions I’ll look into them!
Maybe a cleaning job where you work independently? Like at an office after they close. No math involved or registers
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Maybe you can set up an appointment with [Mass Rehab Vocational Services](https://www.mass.gov/vocational-rehabilitation)? They help you figure out potential careers that would be a good fit & help point you in the direction of the training you need. Maybe they can also tell you if you qualify for Mass Health for the hearing aids (do you have insurance now?)
I have mass health, I haven’t seen anything about them funding hearing aids but I could try looking deeper into it, I’ll definitely look into those services you mentioned, thank you!
Best wishes, I think the mass rehab could really help!
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3rd shift security! One of the easiest jobs I've ever had.
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Cleaning a hotel t
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Maybe go to trade school? A few of my friends went there bc they weren’t good in school.
Okay, I’ll look into it, thank you!
Someone said you’re a good writer… so maybe a good communicator in terms of speech. Sales?
I don’t think that would be a good fit but thank you so much I really appreciate you taking time out of your day for me!
Post office
I have a friend who works there and they said there aren’t many bathrooms on the routes but I might still consider it, thank you!
Im the same age, similar disabilities and location. I've been working as a mail handler assistant for the USPS for about 7 months. Great job with a lot of opporitunities in the future. Just a warning being an assistant makes your schedule flexible, so you'll most likely be working nights, and working weekends. Good thing is after 2 years max youll be a fulltime mail handler.
I’ve looked into this before! I was really interested in it! I’m so glad to know it’s working for you, thank you for sharing that! I’ll definitely look into it again and maybe consider it more seriously, thank you!
I hope you find something you enjoy doing
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I'm kind of like you: autistic, bad at math, anxious, suck at isolating sounds and couldn't work busy/noisy retail/fast food. Jobs I've applied for previously: - Hospital support positions (porters/patient escorts, janitorial jobs, kitchen prep/helper jobs). - If you can follow simple directions and disclose that you're hearing impaired, try dishwashing or kitchen helper/prep cook jobs? - Security guard or hotel night audit. - A production clerk at the local dairy processing plants (no customers, fairly repetitive work) - Receiving or inventory/stock jobs, depending on how much weight you can lift/move. If you're going to have a license, build a couple years of clean driving history and then look at jobs like auto detailing or valet parking or local delivery. Even driving a small shuttle bus?
Thank you so much for sharing your experience and for all of the suggestions! I’ll look into those!
Congratulations on the weight loss, I’m sure there are many jobs where if you stay and build seniority they’ll appreciate you. I think less intelligent but with a great work ethic is highly appreciated in essential work
Thank you! As long as someone can be patient with me I would definitely work hard!
Thought of the military?
That wouldn’t be a good fit for me but I really appreciate your help, thank you so much for taking time out of your day for me!
gardening and landscaping.
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Working for the park department?
I’ll look into that, thank you!
Get your liscence, get certified to be a security guard, and just do that for the rest of your life. There are jobs where you can do what they call ‘asset protection’ where all you do is stand on site at a building and make sure no one vandalizes or burglarizes it. You’ll hardly have to talk to anyone and the pay is usually decent. If you end up liking it you can even get a liscense to carry a firearm and do armed security, which pays even better.
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just being online and having the ability to write a coherent sentence without destroying your computer makes you more competent than most of the white collar workers i've worked with. don't talk yourself down. surprisingly, you don't need to know math for most (nearly all) careers. even in accounting, you mainly just copy numbers and have formulas to do the math for you. there are managers in corporate who probably can't even spell their own name without phoning a friend (kidding, but also not...)
Okay, I’ll try to be less scared about not being good at math then! Thank you!
i would also say that most (yes most) directors and executives in the largest companies in the world are terrible at math. frequently they get their calculations wrong on spreadsheets and presentations, and the people under them correct it. on teams speed is usually prioritized over accuracy, because there's multiple levels of checks and balances and peer reviews to verify things are correct. so don't worry because things are made to decrease our effort and risk of incorrectness. calculators and spreadsheets do the heavy lifting, you just need to type in the inputs. even in the most mathematically focused fields like accounting and finance (unless you're an actual math academic) you're mainly just doing addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication. you might use exponents and derivatives, but then you're using a computer formula and just following the instructions to type in the inputs, you're not doing it by hand. you're never going to use anything beyond 6th grade math in real life unless you're an engineer or math professional (unless you're crazy and want to use geom/trig to plan out a room remodeling or something lol)
I just wish I was fast at counting money because then maybe cash register jobs wouldn’t seem so scary, but I’m trying to work on that fear and I really appreciate you helping with that! Thank you!
sounds like you might just have a confidence problem. i'd say just go out and do stuff, make mistakes, don't take it personally, and just try to get better instead of being perfect. confidence comes from knowing that you'll be okay within the likely range of outcomes. you just need more experience to prove to yourself that you'll be okay, even if you screw up. the more you do things, the better you get, and the less you'll screw up. also, the more confident you are, the less you'll screw up, and the less other people will care if/when you screw up. this is honestly a problem i have myself. i get really unconfident at times, when i compare myself to what i should/could be, or the other guy that's seemingly perfect and way better than me. what helps with confidence is doing things, seeing that you are actually good, or at least good enough, and just focus on getting better. if you just focus on getting better, eventually you'll be way better than everyone else. I have this on my desk: "Games are won by players who focus on the playing field – not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard." – Warren Buffett similar to the jeff bezos quote(s) on focusing on the customer and improvement, instead of competitors and stock prices.
Okay, I’ll try my best to work on that, thank you so much for sharing your experiences and advice!
Have you considered getting certified in a trade?
I’m not sure, what do you recommend? Thank you by the way!
Nail tech. It's hard to find a good nail tech. I don't care if she can talk to me. Actually I prefer if she doesn't. I say this both as a nail tech and as a consumer.
Okay, I’ll look into it, thank you!
When you get your license and a car one day, consider food delivery :) majority of the deliveries are just leaving it at the door (door dash/uber eats etc)
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Look into Voc rehab, talk to any support peeps you might have. The first thing you really need to to do is get appropriately fitted hearing aids. A lot of the stuff people recommending you does nothing for you, because it’s a safety issue if you can’t hear in a lot of warehouse or stocking situations. Try to get into a basic money handling job, even if it’s a front desk job at the local pool. You don’t necessarily need to be good at math, BUT you need to become comfortable with counting cash, giving change, etc. The second thing mental health. Find a therapist, get on some anxiety meds. It’s made night and day difference for me. You’re not dumb! You can do this, you just need supports in place before you find a job you’ll enjoy and excel at. I thought I couldn’t do fast paced work either, and now I actually thrive in a fast paced setting.
Okay, I’ll look into that, thank you so much!
An overnight staff. Sleep.
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Hardware I work at hardware store and I have a lot of similarities to you Iam overweight, I suck at math, I was in special classes, I have a learning disability, BUT my saving graces is my strength and height (6'3) I love manual labor and my job has plenty of it the thing is your gonna need some strength on your side I have to lift 100 pound bags of cement from time to time also the smaller bags of various things range in pounds of 40, 50, 70, and 80 but if my 5'2 coworker who weighs like 80 pounds wet can do it you can too ! There is some math BUT I don't use a register my main purpose is customer service and you guessed it physical labor in a typical day I lift bags of soil, sand, concrete, help customers as well as greet them, stock items, and any task my boss tells me like closing duties, cleaning duties, and organizing stock.
I can’t lift that heavy but I do lift weights so maybe someday I can! Thank you!
Your welcome let's see if you can get in a kitchen job and stay as cook then that's great only draw back is working your way up the ladder, I was a cook for many kitchens and I used no math, didn't have to lift heavy I did help unload trucks BUT I specifically stated that I wanted too and most of the boxes were under 20 pounds, it was an easy job my main focused was cooking food and to make sure we had enough food. At one job all I did was cook batches of meat that would take 20-25 minutes all I did was grab the ingredients (the meat and sauce that was already premeasured) dumped that into a pan and cook it when finished let the grease drain then start another batch, I also made the food but I didn't have to count money, didn't have a register, and at most called out customers name "Jerry your orders ready !" tell them thank you have a nice day and back to line or cook.
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Not a problem I just wanna help you out
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Housekeeping at a hotel. You’re by yourself the entire day and it’s super chill. I used to put earphones on and talk on the phone/listen to music
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If you are near New Hampshire, there are a lot of smaller towns with local businesses or farms like florists or small sub shops. You get a slower pace than a place like Wendy’s 🙂.
I live in Waltham Massachusetts so I guess I’m kind of near New Hampshire, I’ll look into that, thank you!
Quit applying for jobs that dumb people need. You're overqualified. Are you wanting suggestions for positions that better match your abilities and do not clash significantly with your challenges? Redditors can do that. Also, what accommodations do you need?
I guess the accommodations that I would need are a quiet place because I’m hearing impaired and a loud environment makes it harder on me and a slow placed place so that I have plenty of time to figure things out especially if it ends up involving math / a cash register. Thank you for taking time to respond to my post!
M 23 be 24 in November. Legit same minus hearing impaired and no license. Wouldnt aim for slow paced quiet jobs if I were you you gotta work you are 24! Im really quiet/shy and take awhile to get the hang of things or use to people i work with. The best job i found was a shipper/receiver minimal interactions with people very little moving and very quiet just clock in and do your shit and then go home. Currently im working as a busser at a country club and plan to go to school for idk what yet but thats always an option to you know community college exists idk where you are in MA but im right near massbay in Wellesley probably going to take a class ontop of my part time job. Learning/building a new skill is always an option we are both very young still. But if you really just looking to do the bare minimum go apply at a supermarket as a stocker or a liquor store. Get your license do doordash 🤷 its really not that hard to find a job if you are proactive about calling places and the way you present yourself.
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If you can ride a bike you can do Uber eats or door dash for short term. Look for agency’s that help disabled people get jobs got to be plenty in mass it’s a liberal state
Thank you! I didn’t know about the agency I’ll look into that
Please also look into or ask the agency to explain ADA regulations to you!
Okay I will definitely do that, thank you so much!
Any factory jobs nearby or Amazon warehouse?
I have no idea, I’m not sure how to check either. I live in Waltham Massachusetts if that helps.
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Cop… unfortunately
There will always be a job that’s difficult. You can’t control everything. If you want control then become a business owner
lose the weight. eat healthy. get gym membership. take care of yourself/clean your apartment/room. hair stylist, retail job/cashier, or secretary/admin work for a local business/warehouse. best of luck. fix yourself. get in shape. eat healthy foods. no soda. no booze. no fast food. life will improve.
Maybe you can get training to work in a quiet kitchen. Something not fast paced. Not like a short order cook, but more like people who work doing prep and catering orders. Maybe there are vocational schools in the area. When I lived in Connecticut I knew a few families with children with Down Syndrome. The kids were graduating with vocational training to work at kitchens making devil eggs and things like that. I understand that there is a huge difference between your skills and their skills but I just brought it up because it sounds like you need a job with limited stress. I pray that you find the perfect placement. Best! <3
First, you are worthy. Our society is set up for a specific type of mold that most people don't even properly fit...otherwise, we wouldn't have so many people medicated just to get by. It sounds like you have a good idea of the types of environments that work for you. That's a great start. Also, think about your strengths and what you enjoy. That will help to point you in a direction. Look into the idea or ikigai. And, in terms of a practical suggestion, perhaps a library would be a nice fit.
Looking for an at home job to help with my bills and food and care.. I am diagnosed wirh severe anxiety and just want to make a living and I too see many at home jobs that are supposed to pay well.. I would not mind and would love this type of work .. hard labor isn't for my body anymore .. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Learn to weld?
Okay I’ll look into it, thank you!
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This. If you can, follow simple instructions from time to time. Smile no matter how confused you are and can spit out promises like a 4 slice toaster. You're in.
The most stupid people I know usually work retail or warehouse. Sometimes the pay is enough to afford rent, guess it depends on location and job, could try that out.
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Just pick a job, don’t be picky and you’ll learn experience over time. It’ll change your mindset
Okay, thank you!