What are good careers for autistic people?

[PearlBird]

1. last job complained I lack workplace etiquette and social skills e.g. inappropriate communication to clients, working from home without explicit communication from the boss etc.

Was told I was a very good analyst and to stick with research

This is very true about communication. I've carved out a bit of a niche where I'm the only person on my team doing X, but I still need to talk to people doing X on other teams and tell the rest of the team how X fits in with there work. My boss is fairly hands off but does expect to know where I am ( only when working obviously ) and what I'm doing. This is fairly standard for any job.
You don't have to tell your employer. I don't as I can mask pretty well, I've been at this company so long that I still remember when it was a lot less accepted and while I know 99% of colleagues and managers would be supportive, the 1% worries me.

what career is this

I work as a software developer.

Are there any agencies locally who support people with autism in the workplace? My son uses one and it’s paid for through Access to Work which you claim from DWP (sorry!) He’s an electrician in a manufacturing company. He struggles with the formal side - talking to managers, trying to fit in, sometimes misinterpreting instruction, standing up for himself. The agency helps him and will speak to employers with guidance about how to work with him etc.
You should be entitled to reasonable adjustments if necessary to help you carry out your work.

A friend of mine did teacher training and works with 1:1 tutoring.
She is doing great.

I know and work with many autistic economists

Maths (actuarial, analytical, etc), IT and tax are ideal careers for the autistic or others on the spectrum. All need serious attention to detail, analytical skills, and there are lots of opportunities for "back room" type of jobs which don't involve high degrees of dealing with people.

Lots of autistic people in libraries and lots of autistic customers.

As another poster said 'when you've met one autistic person... You've met one autistic person'.
I work in education and am a successful leader but that's because I'm massively over empathetic which affects my personal life when u take on too much. The whole leadership team is ND but it plays to our personal strengths.
I'm encouraging my ND children to follow their passions and also explicitly teaching them what's appropriate in a workplace as I only learnt through explicit messages as a teen and in my twenties I had no idea. I feel it's literally been my life's work to earn how to speak to people. But it's also been my special interest for about 25 years!
I really think a boss who gets it is important and a willingness to take professional feedback from yourself.
What type of work do you enjoy?
For my ND daughter who is ASD/ADHD and severely dyspraxic I can already see she'll need to be a creative and self employed or in a job that she learns and can repeat.
My ND husband is a post man and I personally think lots of his colleagues are too! Lots of rime walking by themselves but the office in the morning sounds a bit brutal but he's been there years.