Good jobs for aspies?

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when I was younger and tougher and smarter, picked produce in the hot sun, then later I was in the army as a hospital operating room technician. later still I worked in a hospital labor and delivery/maternity [where pregnant folk delivery babies and recover] ward, as a multitasking OR tech, ward secretary, triage medic, billing coder. that last two jobs were 22 years of unholy stress which wore me out and for which i'm still recovering. I cannot think straight enough to do any job where i'm doing more than one thing at a time, per day, and my wrecked back won't tolerate weight bearing or standing/running for long periods. plus I live out in the sticks at least an hour from any likely job. that severely limits my options as I cannot simply pack up and move, as I own the rural tin can I live in. the hospital skills I gained were in the military system which is not transferable to civilian hospitals which function a different way. I would have to go back to school and the money [or brain cells] for that does not exist.

My impression is that I need more experience to get a job like that especially doing things closer to 'Real World' problem solving or coding unlike what I did for college coursework. Or at least a better portfolio or more projects on GitHub.

I figured I would initially have to get some work experience with a regular onsite job and then later I might be able to switch to a remote job.

I 've been researching the field of travel. It seems like flight attendants get training after the application process and go through some kind of reserve period for a few months where they would be on call if needed. Then after those few months are over, they can start flying officially.
I also remember sitting through a flight seminar where we learned about some of the planes, what a pilot's job is and what not. But I don't think I can take sitting in the cockpit with my fear of heights and all.

I get the distinct impression that the aspies lacking puter talents and/or business/social/entreprenurial talents of some kind, are SOL in terms of finding gainful employment. our nation's lousy racket of an educational system is not helpful one iota.

Don't expect it to get better once Trump gets instated...

one doesn't have to be a psychic to know ahead of time that things are going downhill next year.

Keep the politics in the political threads, guys. I don't care what you think of the president.

It would probably be wise to take a look at the work experience you already have, next understand your limitations regarding your sensory issues and what jobs would directly aggravate those symptoms. Understanding how you problem solve and working with your therapist to identify your strengths and weaknesses. Next it would probably good to find a "wordy" person (if you yourself are not wordy in nature) to pretty up and structure your current resume. NT employers respond well to the right kind of language. Do you interview well?

I think I could do that. Is it possible to get into it remotely? I live in a foreign country and can't get a real job here (long story).

I'm looking for something I can do from far away, at home.

how does one copywrite?