Where can Aspies get jobs?

Q:My Aspie son will graduate this spring and has never held a job, but wants to. He has had several interviews but no luck. any suggestions on that first job?
-Mary

A:My advice would be to find a job that best matches his knowledge set. It's generally best for folks on the spectrum to avoid jobs like supermarket cashier that are loud and involve a lot of customer interaction. Does he have any special interests? Having an aspie-level cache of relevent knowledge often makes up for some of the social niceties that aspies may have problems with during an interview. Also, people in the technology inductry tend to be more forgiving of aspie quirks, because there are so many aspies (diagnosed and undiagnosed) in the industry. As for general purpose Aspie job suggestions: libraries tend to be good matches for aspies. I remember the first time I realized people would pay to put things in the correct order, I was in heaven. Public libraries tend to be strapped for cash at the moment, but if you live near a University, University libraries tend to have high turnover rates as students graduate or their workloads change. That would be my all-purpose aspie job suggestion.