Tried online webcam modeling and making videos
I have a friend who is on the spectrum who works as a webcam model and fetish clip maker, and she enjoys it and makes a living, so I decided to try that after getting laid off from my previous job I had for four years.
I first tried being a standard webcam model. It was good training in small talk and being outgoing, and I noticed that it was improving my ability to chat with people in the rest of my life.
My fans were mostly engineers, programmers, etc., and I'd often just talk with them one-on-one about their jobs.
However, I was just getting exhausted from it, after doing it for two months, and I don't think I can do it as my main job. I feel like I have to work harder than most people to decide whether what I'm saying is appropriate, and it's even harder in a webcam model setting where you sometimes have to lie, play a role, hide your personal problems, etc.
So I am switching to making fetish videos as my base, and I am so much happier. It's more like writing, in that I write the idea for the video, film it, edit it, and do a lot of semi-technical stuff like Photoshop, iMovie, making gifs, etc. I love my life so much more now.
My friend on the spectrum says the same thing - that she prefers making videos over in-person interaction.
I really hope I can figure out fetish videos. It's amazing how much happier I feel now that what I'm focusing on doesn't involve social interaction in the moment, and now that I have some artistic/technical outlets in terms of photo/video/gif editing and learning various software programs.
I'm glad you found something that allows you to express your creativity and makes you happy. I don't exactly know what making fetishes videos entail outside of what you said, but it definitely is harder for people on the spectrum, in general, to do the kind of jobs that require continuous interactions with others because of that extra thinking that has to go on, which can be wearing.
I personally just got to my hotel room from my best friend's wedding. He, his wife, and 3 other people are the only people I knew at the whole thing, so I was stuck socializing with everyone there that I didn't know, meeting parents and uncles and I met his daughter.
Not exactly the same thing, but it's wearing and tearing. I'm glad to hear you found something you like to do and it gets you money. I haven't found anything yet myself, but here's hoping the future holds something amazing.