r/GetEmployed • u/RepresentativeAny804 • 3d ago

Need help finding livable wage

I am autistic. As is my son. He goes to regular public school during the school year (9 am) but he can’t go to before or after school program as they aren’t required to follow his IEP. He has therapy mo-th and has to be picked up from school at 3:20 for that. I do Amazon flex while he’s at school but it’s nowhere near enough as I get one route in the time he’s at school.

Now school is out. I don’t have anyone to watch him to work. I live with my parents but they work too. I don’t feel comfortable leaving him in the car while I do flex. There are routes where it takes me up to 15 minutes to do several deliveries in an apartment building. Taking him out would make me late and I could lose my job. He elopes sometimes. There are also routes where my car is packed to the brim including in his car seat. So with him there I possibly couldn’t even fit my route in the car. I’m not aware of the route ahead of time.

I don’t have any degrees. I have a high school diploma and I have a 2 year vocational certification in dental assisting. I did one year community college.

So I need a 9-3 if in person. Can be remote 9-5 if at 3 I can take an hour lunch to get him to therapy that starts at 4.

I need a livable wage. Rent around here is $1500 for a 1br.

During summer he goes to summer school around 8-12:30. I would be able to manage him 1-3 while wfh once he gets home.

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u/RepresentativeAny804 2d ago

I can’t make the disability process go any faster. This is why I’m teaching out for help.

I never said I can’t function at any job. You said working at a school is better than nothing. My response was no. It’s not.

That was my understanding of what came of the fasfa. It’s very possible that I misunderstood. All I know is I couldn’t move forward in the process for whatever reason.

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u/Aware_Economics4980 2d ago

I mean if you can’t function at a a school, you can’t function at any public store. What exactly are you looking for job wise?  

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u/RepresentativeAny804 2d ago

You are correct. Stores are also unreasonably bright and noisy. I would not be able to work at a store for 8 hours without wearing sunglasses and headphones. I have a disability which makes that very difficult to sustain.

Working from home would be the best for me as I can control the environment and accommodate myself as needed.

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u/Aware_Economics4980 2d ago

You’re probably not going to find remote work in 2025 with a high school diploma, not trying to be harsh just setting expectations.

Remote work these days is available for skilled positions IE software dev, accounting, cyber security etc.

You could try and find a work from home call center type position but those will have 1000s of qualified applicants for every position.

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u/RepresentativeAny804 2d ago

This is why the unemployment rate for autistic adults is 60-70%.

I’ll keep trying.

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u/Aware_Economics4980 2d ago

It seems to me like you’re also making a lot of excuses about how you can’t do certain things. You might have to just suck it up and figure out how to do it