Careers for People with Slow Processing Speed

(on most lists are Therapists, Historians, Auditors, Interior Designers, etc.)

After Food and Housing, EMPLOYMENT is one of the most significant SOCIAL DETERMINANTS of HEALTH.

Conjecture

My experience and observation is that:

Slower processing speed is often MASKING the fact the person is:

• processing MORE INFORMATION, and
• integrating MORE INFORMATION
  

SLOW PROCESSORS tend to be GREAT (not perfect) at "INTEGRATION" or "ATTENTION to DETAIL" whether they are:

• Therapists
• Historians
• Interior Designers
• Actors
• Filmmakers
• Farmers and Ranchers
• Microbiologists
• Software Developers
• Engineers
  
• Etc.
  

In an AGE of INFORMATION OVERLOAD -- we need the RAMPED UP INTEGRATION SKILLS or "ATTENTION TO DETAIL" of those SLOW PROCESSORS --- ironically so we don't fall behind.

Additionally, the SPECIAL ABILITIES of SLOW PROCESSORS come with some SPECIAL NEEDS to avoid BURNOUT or BREAKDOWN as a result of:

• idiosyncratic processing   
  

We need:

• Educators
• Career Counselors and
• Mental Health Professionals

To address the Employment Needs of this population -- which is probably at least 1/5 of the population--- about the same percentage of those with some type of mental health concern. 

Further, SLOW PROCESSING is often a consequence of Neuro-Developmental Differences such as:

• Dyslexia
• ADHD, and
• Autism
  

People with Neuro-Developmental Differences & IQs above 70 --- HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS, TOO.

Further, I would submit that if the SPECIAL NEEDS of people with NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL DIFFERENCES are not addressed: PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS as well as  other HEALTH ISSUES are a PREDICTABLE CONSEQUENCE.

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