AS-Friendly Companies/Jobs?

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I'm casually filling out job applications and since I have worked nearly 15 jobs in less than 8 years, I'm struggling to find something that might be a good fit. I don't have a college degree (yet). I'm in school and looking for something that will give me less than or around 20 hours a week, so I still have time for classes. I'm wondering what companies that you know of that are known for being good with employees that are disabled. I'm not looking for special treatment or anything, but I have had several employers in the past that learned that I was Autistic and treated me so badly that I ended up leaving due to abuse from the management and my co-workers. I know that all stores/restaurants in a chain can be different, but overall, I'm wondering what companies you all have had good experiences with. I would love to find a place that will be sensitive to my needs and work with me so that I can be successful. Any suggestions? Thanks

(I hope this post makes sense)

Unfortunately, there's no list of companies or agencies that are friendly with those who have Aspergers.
If there were, i'd already be going after them.

You have to keep your AS undercover until you get hired,
then you have a form of protection and can inform HR that you have aspergers.

Doing this gives you some form of legal protection.
They won't be able to fire you for having Aspergers, it doesn't promise that you won't be terminated if you do have an issue, but it makes it that much harder to get fired if you do have problems.

Job: programmer / developer
company type : software house

I am working in that and feel like the asperger is common for them

I'd say just don't tell them until you've been hired or don't tell them at all if you can manage well like I did. None of my coworkers except my classmates know that I'm an Aspie

I'm a software developer for a very large company and I'm 100% remote.
This has been the best work situation for me ever.
Nobody knows me well enough to figure out I'm on the spectrum or get too comfortable, so professional politeness is still the norm even after a couple years. My team has a chat client so we do joke and banter, it's not totally isolated.

My last job was similar work but physically in an office 40 hours a week. They got some uber-NT kid manager over us who must have never met anyone on the spectrum before and things got really ugly. Communicating with me must have cut into her Snapchat time so eventually she fired me for no reason (which you're allowed to do here). Fortunately, karma kicked in and the whole project went into the toilet right after that and the company went bankrupt.

Personally, I will continue to either try to keep working from home or with as little in-person interaction as possible.

Wow, thanks everybody for your replies! Since I posted this, I've been considering getting my degree in early childhood education and maybe becoming a teaching assistant (like my father, mother, and sister all were) but with kids with special needs. I kind of do want a job where I get out of the house because I've found that being around people on a regular basis is really good for me, even though it wears me out too. I'll admit it, I'm not very smart or good with technology, so it might be hard for me to go into any tech-related field. I'm not sure of what options are out there for someone like me.

I think thats a good Idea to be honest. I got the push yesterday. I started a new job and then went out sick with anxiety for 4 weeks after 2 months (60 hour weeks do that) I then disclosed. When I went for my back to work interview yesterday suddenly out of the blue my work was not good enough and there had been complaints about me, it was resign or be sacked. I have worked for 3 companies previously who were autism specific charities or businesses. I can go back to one of these now if I choose, I may well do that. I will never work for a firm that does not have autism as its core objective again (I have been a teacher and a care manager in the past)

I have a interview for a well known autism charity in two weeks time so wish me luck

I work as a software developer for the Microsoft HoloLens. I use C# and CG (HLSL) for this. My degree is a M.sc in computer science. Perfect aspie job.

UPDATE: I just got a job at Cinnabon! My new manager seems really understanding and friendly. I have not yet told him about my Autism and probably won't unless I find that I need to. I haven't started yet, my first day is Tuesday. I hope that I do well and can keep this job. My track record of keeping jobs is awful, to say the least. Wish me luck