It's not looking so good for me...

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I graduated from high school this year (and diagnosed with AS last year)and been looking my first job but can't seem to find anything good. My biggest concern is that I won't find a job where I have to work alone and not interact with anybody either in person or by phone, which would literally be my dream job, especially if it's about computers. English is my second language so that makes it even more difficult for me to at least try to work at any place because my accent is very noticeable and because I've never socialized much, speaking comes kinda hard and people can't really understand what I mean half the times because of my accent, voice and pronunciation.

I really don't know what to do and I'm afraid that If I never get a job, my parents will think I'm a bigger loser than I am now. I think that if I manage to find a job, people won't like me around and I will probably get me fired...I fear that If that were to happen I could become extremely depressed and commit suicide and I really don't want that.

I've been looking into jobs that can be done at home such as data entry but I really don't know how to get into those. Does anyone have any suggestions or jobs I can look into? Thanks

working at a computer shop (like in the back fixing computers) wouldn't be completely alone but not too social , if you are if you know about making websites you could make your own (for profit) or make website for companies/other people and charge them for it (will need to meet with clients) if not a lot of manual labor jobs can be done without much interaction.

I see, thanks a lot for the info

There's also higher education (e.g. community college) if you can afford it and if it's something you might be interested in, if jobseeking doesn't pan out.

A lot of work at home jobs are scams. You have to be careful. A big tip off is that you shouldn't have to pay to work.

Anyways, you may want to consider going to a temp agency. It seems like they always have data entry type jobs. While your at your tolerable job you can work towards gaining marketable computer skills. Perhaps, you can learn to program (Java/C++). Maybe you can work on learning graphics design (you can build a online portfolio so people can check out your work). You can also also take some on-campus or online college courses in computers. If you just interested in fixing computers or networking you can just take those classes and complete the certifications (A+, Network+, Cisco etc).