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Hello, I'm a graduate engineer in the UK, and, having being interested in energy and utilities; working in the oil and gas as an engineer seems like a good idea. Clearly the salary is a factor too but not the driving one. I'm interested to know of how other people with asperger's syndrome have found working in the oil and gas industry have found it. Is it welcoming to people with aspie traits? Are there allowances made for personality differences?

Hey guys, this is my first post. I just kinda want to know that I'm not alone. Okay, that sounds really needy. I am a nearly sixteen year old Aspie girl. Well, until about six months ago, I thought I was totally crazy. I felt totally alone. I could not interact with people. I had a very specialist subject (Poultry - I absolutely adore chickens) which was the only thing I felt comfortable talking about. I was being bullied at school and was very frightened. The description of asbergers as "Lost Planet Syndrome" is totally right. I felt very alone in the world and I just didn't understand other people. It was by chance that I came across an article describing a family of Aspies. And instantly something clicked. I was not crazy or weird. I was an Aspie. I think that my Asbergers has been pretty obvious and yet not obvious throughout my life. From the age of about four I knew that I was different. So I copied others, but I still, to this day, cannot "speak" fluent NT. I struggle to talk to others, I show little empathy, I like being by myself and I am obsessive. I've been bullied a lot because of this. I've done IQ tests and I am well over 140, into the genius range. I do well enough at school that I find most classes easy. So why can't I understand people? I also have bad anxiety, and it has gotten to the point where I struggle to even go out of the house and I am unhappy a lot of the time. My five hens really keep me going. To make it worse, I met a boy months ago who I thought I might finally be able to relate to, but he lives thousands of miles away and has a girlfriend. I still love him and he has no idea.I speak to him a lot and It's killing me, because I am so obsessive and I really, really like him. Although my parents try to be supportive, it's difficult for them to understand, and they have said before that they think that my Asbergers and Anxiety is an act to get attention. My favourite analogy of Aspergers that I've read is that social rules and life in general are like a jigsaw. NT's are born with the picture on the box, but we aren't. We have to build the jigsaw in clumps. It's harder for us, but we can do it. Many people say that Aspergers is a gift. Unless you count being able to read at several thousand wpm as a gift, I don't feel I have any gifts at the moment. Any other Aspies out there?