how off track am i at 19 years old

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i was genuinely diagnosed with autism at 15
so far (few months away from my 20th birthday):
  • graduated high school on time
  • have a driver's license
  • have a car that's not falling apart (vw beetle)
  • never had a job
  • zero irl friends
  • attending community college in august, dont plan on getting anything more than an associate degree
  • have an adobe photoshop and some IT certification
like is this good progress despite my retardation? sorry im dumb
 

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You are doing fine!

Avoid going to school just to do go school and racking up debt. If you go to school, do it with a specific goal of "This will make me more money".

Get a job. Put in applications, then *bug them* politely. Many times in smaller workplaces they just are overwhelmed with applications and don't give a damn who they hire. Be known in a positive way within reason - then you are not just another piece of paper forgotten.
See if family or family friends have any connections.

Figure out what you are into, and start making plans for ways to meet people doing that thing. Hobby, media, sport, whatever; and make friends doing that. Conventions, meetups, groups, whatever.

Learn to be calm and confident around women, they will notice.

And don't get into hate. It's wasted energy that ruins your own life with no benefit.
 
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i was genuinely diagnosed with autism at 15
so far (few months away from my 20th birthday):
  • graduated high school on time
  • have a driver's license
  • have a car that's not falling apart (vw beetle)
  • never had a job
  • zero irl friends
  • attending community college in august, dont plan on getting anything more than an associate degree
  • have an adobe photoshop and some IT certification
like is this good progress despite my retardation? sorry im dumb
You are just a socially backwards normie
 
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