Indeed, these roles would benefit from someone who is passionately creative and approaches things from a unique perspective.įor those that focus more on attention to detail as their strength, aligned professions may include becoming a technical writer, editor, researcher, program developer, or fingerprint examiner, to name a few. So, for those that have creativity as a personal strength, some potential professions include running art classes, fashion design, inventing, architectural design, website creation, content creation, creative writing, photography, filmmaking, interior design, and more! The possibilities are endless. One interesting finding from the survey was that there seemed to be a distinction between the autistic women that had high attention to detail and those that instead, described themselves as creative or having “out-of-the-box thinking.”
Select the roles that align with, and champion, your personal strengths.
#DEEPFOCUS CAREERS PROFESSIONAL#
How can autistic women, with their wonderful strengths, find their professional groove?ġ. However, I have only recently found my ‘professional groove’ after many years of suffering in roles that were unsustainable for me. Reading these responses made me feel extremely lucky to be an autistic woman in a profession that suits me well and that I enjoy.
#DEEPFOCUS CAREERS FREE#
“I’m trying to find a job that I don’t hate that lets me work mostly independently… and lets me have enough free time and energy to do what I enjoy.” In describing aspirations for the next few years, one autistic woman similarly mentioned that “I cannot keep a job, though every place I’ve worked benefits from having me as an employee… inevitably I walk away because I’m so miserable.” “The inability to find work that suits my unique skill set and accommodates my needs as an Autistic.” For example, one of the women described that the hardest thing about being autistic for them is The strengths most cited by these autistic women included empathy, capacity for deep focus, problem-solving skills, pattern recognition, exceptional attention to detail, and creativity.ĭespite these strengths, many of the women described that they were still seeking a profession that matches their skill set, is enjoyable, and is sustainable for them. We have several unique strengths that would make us valuable employees or professional leaders.
What did I find? I found that autistic women are awesome!
With the collection of sufficient training data, our deep learning focusing model provides a significantly faster alternative to conventional focusing methods.This year, I surveyed just under 150 autistic women about their experiences, traits, and aspirations. Furthermore, the rare cases where our algorithm does not find the focal plane can be detected, and a fine-focus algorithm can be applied to correct the result. The model was able to determine the in-focus position with high reliability, and was also significantly faster than conventional methods that rely on classical computer vision. The CNN model was tested on bare semiconductor sample using the projected shape of the F-stop. The ground truth focal plane was determined using a parabolic autofocus algorithm with the Tenengrad scoring metric. A training dataset was acquired from a semiconductor sample at different surface locations on the sample and at different distances from focus. The difference of these two images is processed through a regression CNN model, which was trained to learn a direct mapping between the amount of defocus aberration and the distance from the focal plane. As an alternative, we developed a deep learning model that predicts in one shot the distance offset to the focal plane from any initial position using an input of only two images taken a set distance apart. Conventional microscopy focusing methods perform a time consuming sweep through the Z-axis in order to estimate the focal plane.