What Careers Are ADHD-Friendly?

Career guidance with adults and teens with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder requires looking at variables counselors working with non-ADHD clients usually do not consider. If the process of making a career choice includes knowledge of what makes a job ADHD-friendly instead of ADHD-hostile, a person with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder can soar and break the cycle of frustration in school and the workplace.

Sharon Levine's criteria for ADHD-Friendly are:  allows the worker to work autonomously; enables the worker to remain active rather than stay in one place all day; the duties are varied, and the worker can use his creativity to obtain stimulation for the adrenaline/dopamine to flow.  Some jobs meet all criteria, whereas others only meet some of the criteria.

It should be noted that when it comes to finding an ADHD-friendly career, the most important factor is that it needs to be something the individual is interested in. Here is an accumulation of separate career categories below for lists of ADHD-friendly jobs.

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