My sympathies. I know someone with a some similar mental health issue on SSI. It's tough out there. (And they have relied heavily on basically working at home online to have a little extra money. It's tough right now due to the recession and basically nothing comes in, but the process of doing that work is positive.)

I can also understand being overwhelmed. I don't have autism, but have done the programmer thing, and have trouble interacting with people so might be on the spectrum a little bit. I swear, if it weren't for our mechanized society with machines to repair and computers to fix and program, I'd be a poor dirt farmer.

I wish you the best of luck.

If you'd like to brainstorm possible jobs or business maybe we can talk on this thread.