ICT and Autism
Why ICT and Autism?
- • For many people with a hf autism profile, intellectual challenge is a must. This challenge needs to be clear in terms of goals, methods, structure and learning facilities. It also needs to be rewarding. There are a number of fields within ICT which comply with these.
- • The special group is generally focused on content and less (or not) on people. People skills are not their forté.
- • Hyperfocus and curiosity is their strength in addition to their (above average) intelligence.
Frequently asked ICT professions that fit well with a hf autism profile
- • Software developer / engineer (Java, C #, PHP, C ++)
- • Data engineer / data scientist
- • Cyber security specialist / Ethical hacker
- • Full stack developer
- • Cloud specialist (Azure, AWS, Google)
- • Database specialists
- • Data analysts
- • Big Data engineers
- • Container specialists
Lesser demand in general
- • Web developers (partially through oversupply and limited demand)
- • Basic network / system administrators (without formal vendor certification)
- • Basic knowledge of scripting languages i.e. Python, Javascript, Ruby, etc.
Links Autism and ICT Netherlands / Belgium
- • ITvitae (Academy for ICT and Autisme)
- • Passwerk (Belgian Site | Software testing, Software development, Business Intelligence (BI), Quality assurance
- • Carapax (Technology with Social Impact)
