Hi thready85. Glad you joined psych central, there are a lot of people on here who have been through similar situations like yours so hang on until you can connect with them. There's also a lot of good information that will help you get through this. It's good you are going for an eval. that will most definitely give you some direction. Don't listen to what your family tells you. You are well spoken and smart, if they don't have anything constructive to say just walk away from them. Families tend to be very unsupportive when it comes to mental health issues. Have you networked with the prof that let you help him? If you did a good job there, I bet he would offer you more work or possible refer and recommend you to some one that may be able to use your skills. As far as screwing up the interview, it takes a lot of practice. Dept of workforce development may be able to work with you to practice role playing so that you can do better on your interviews. It takes a lot of work when you have mental issues like we have but don't give up. Personally, I think the way we aspies look at things is far superior to how the rest of the world sees things. We tend to be brutally honest where the rest of the population ********s their way through life. It makes me sick to see ********ters get the jobs, the promotions et al when we are just as capable but without ********ting. I know this won't help you, but don't feel like you are totally alone. we are here to support you.