Work struggles

You have to look at it from another angle if you want to find suitable employment and maintain employment opportunities. I know it is not easy to do but you really need to focus on what you are heavily interested and find a way to make a career out of it or find a career that is heavily oriented around your special interests . This will be the only way that you'll find sustainable employment. 

From experience i really recommend you avoid any entry level positions that are desperate for employees or companies with high staff turn around as these companies are usually poorly managed and will lead to issues within the workplace. This businesses i have mentioned are not autism friendly and will find legal way to manage you out or fire you and may encourage bullying within the workplace.

There are quite a few work environment that can be extremely damaging to autistic individuals, The workplace culture can also be extremely dangerous especially work colleagues that use the word "Banter" as they will use this age old excuse to verbal assault you in the workplace that can leave you the autistic individual becoming extremely drained especially if it becomes a regular thing daily.  

When you start a new job be very cautious of everyone, the most common workplace terrorists are the one who fake being nice. These people who fake being nice will encourage you to trust them, just so they can use you or escape goat on you especially if they feel threatened by you which is easily done by an autistic individuals as we are very focused on tasks and productive. 

Be cautious that being a hard worker doesn't save you in front of your employer. especially if you any make grievances as your employer will likely view you as a problem and not the culprit. Employers will keep member of staff that is abusive to other employees if the work is still getting done and as long as it doesn't affect them personally or financially they will actively ignore it because dealing with the problematic staff member is more time consuming and costly than firing the you.

Be careful that some employer and colleagues confuse autism with intellectual disabilities or mental health problems. This can result in staff using this knowledge to sabotage you if they feel threatened or don't like you.

If you take a job and from day one you fundamentally know that you will not be able to cope with the environment, The other members of staff member or the job role , don't presume it will get better. trust your instincts.

Your allowed to be fussy when searching for employment if you have a disability, you need to find a suitable opportunity and environment that you can work in. You wouldn't expect quadriplegic to stack shelf in a supermarket so don't expect you to be able cope in an environment with sensory and social disturbances.                         

I work full-time and coming to terms with a diagnosis of ASD. 

Positive (of working)

-Earning my own money / positive for self-identity 

-Opportunity to support other people and influence things for the better

-Provides structure to the day and some normalizing to everyday experience

-I work with good people in the main. Good working relationships (even though I forget to "check in" with people socially).

-I have an excellent manager who is working hard to make sure I've support in place.

-I can look back on things I have achieved at work. They're minor successes, but still successes.

-There's room for personal development and training

Negatives

-I feel limited by a workplace that isn't designed for me (i.e. it's not very logical, random meetings are all over the place, confused leadership). 

-I don't function well with ambiguity or other people making decisions that impact me but are not explained

-I'm not great at handling things with people (so I can work well with folk, but I really seem to struggle with the office politics or what seems like random decision making. I'd be a rubbish manager)

-I can find full days exhausting (although I have flexible hours so if I'm absorbed in something I'll pull the extra time in and chip it off elsewhere)

-I can get bored with routine tasks, fortunately I've been able to move around a lot workwise.

-My occupational health assessment wasn't particularly supportive. 

-When I was in the office I found some of the background noise, and commuting difficult to handle (no problem now at home!!!)

-Occasionally I'll have a crisis of confidence and catastophisize everything- especially if I feel I haven't handled something particularly well.

After a particularly rubbish day with general office stuff which would frustrate anyone - and where I'm feeling pretty awful - I'd still sooner be in work than out of it. I'm fortunate enough to have a fairly supportive employer and I do wonder how I'd fare in another role.

To be honest, perhaps not as well. So figuring out the right role is important as well as learning the art of "letting stuff go" in the workplace and how many hours you can comfortably work (I did a 4 day week for a few weeks once and it was a godsend).

I guess it completely depends on your strengths. What are you good at? Same as everyone else. 

Next, I think it is key to find a place with authentically good and wholehearted people. I need honesty and integrity to feel comfortable. Politics and competition drive me nuts. I hate it. Especially because is compromises the quality of the projects. I've tried various positions and finally found a sweet spot as part of an upcoming tech company. 

So - when you feel comfortable you are probably able to do MUCH more than if you are not. So seek out good people. That's important. 

i am Working From Home ( due to Covid 19 ) which is awesome. 

BTW welcome to this forum since you are new