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Pirate a CAD program, learn how to use it, then pay for the certification test.

After passing, you apply for CAD designer jobs or do Freelance CAD. You'll have a leg up on everyone else if you have that certification. Many of these jobs are remote and don't require college.

CAD programs may seem daunting at first, but they are actually pretty straightforward. If you can do basic math and play video games, you can do CAD.

Some kind of talking job.

I pump myself full of antidepressants to counteract the atrophy of getting no exercise, and then I take a job as a therapist or salesperson.

Arts come to mind immediately: drawing (mainly furry porn), modelling/sculpting (3D or clay), painting (painting minis for nerds is more lucrative than painting canvases), music, writing.

Programming and web design also don't require physical labor other than you being able to type on a keyboard or equivalent.

There's also video content you could try, either as creator or editor. Video editing is a skill needed by both big time and internet creators

I work in an office typing on a keyboard all day. I could easily do this job from home.

Any job that fits that description will suit you. There are quite a few of them nowadays.

Most people i know in this situation become artists. And if their situation is worse, they might consult AI.

I am just able enough to do some company work, but I acknowledge some are not as good as that. Is there any way I can help? I have creations I don't mind others using to aid them.

That's my reality with Long Covid. But by now I can't even function at home. I moved back to my parents who provide me with food and handle my paperwork.

This can't help in the short term, I would consider learning steno. It used to cost thousands to rent specialized equipment to do it. Now with Plover (foss), the software component is free. You just need a keyboard with n-key rollover to do it.

I wouldn't actually recommend learning on a standard keyboard. I personally use an ortholinear for typing, and that's what got me into plover.

One way this would help one disabilities to make money is that with high-speed internet, you can caption internet broadcasts or remote company meetings. There are nonprofits that you would work for to find companies that need your service.

It's not a mystery what you can do to earn a living. Anything that is remote desktop work is your beat bet.

This is what I would do as a EU citizen.

Step 1. Register at the unemployment office.

Step 2. Have a meeting with the unemployment office and see what they have for you.

Step 3. While they help you find work you are capable of doing. You will recieve a social benefit check each month. It's not much. But you will survive.

Step 4. Go to the interviews they set up for you.

Step 5. Repeat Step 4 until you have a job.

Funny enough... Nothing really changes for me, except I'll assume I no longer have to be on video for calls. They can suck it lol. But really, I find my job rather supportive with this stuff.

Trick question: I am and have already given up.

I continue designing and making websites.

I feel you friend, this isn't a hypothetical for me either. That's literally just my life now. I used to work delivery, 12+ hour days walking 10+ miles per day. Buy after a dog attack standing for more than an hour a day just flat out hurts. Enough that I can't really focus on anything productive. Thankfully I can still cook and tidy up while my partner makes enough to support us.

Mostly I read. Libby was an absolute game changer for me. I spend too much time on lemmy for sure, but it is what it is. I wish I had a better answer for you friend.

If you have the puppet manipulation technique you could transmit your self into a mechanical robot that fights cursed spirits - or even become a baseball server!

What do you do to earn a living and survive?

No working anymore. I retire. Social security will take care of me.

(Things may be different in your country).

The best answer here is something work from home in the tech field. Find what interests you most is best tho

One of my disabled friends does tech writing. Basically takes the documents the nerds make and wordsmith it so its understandable by laymen. IDK what it takes to get into that field now though. But it is something that might help give some ideas :)

I would collect my disability check and make use of a government sponsored caregiver in a government provided apartment. No I'm not from the US.

Aight. Since you are in California, get connected with the Department of Rehabilitation (DOR). In a general nutshell, their main goal is to help people with disabilities get gainful permanent employment.

You will need verification of disability and from your attempt at claims you don't have any, but any disability will work to include anxiety that raises to the level of disability, depression, anything already verified by medical professionals.

They can also provide funding for college to help you get a job. They can pay for tuition, fees, parking passes, school materials.

Also I think all states have a department similar to DOR.

there was a guy 25+ years ago who was drunk driving and got in a big accident. ended up quadriplegic, and killed a couple leaving an orphan behind. he devoted his life to making up for it. he got a job as a financial advisor, cold calling strangers 200+ times a day, dialing with his face, until eventually he made like $7Million at UBS.

For me personally, either WFH UX research or teaching asynchronous college classes online.

Marketing is becoming increasingly work from wherever. Even with AI, demand for copywriting and written content is high, if you combine that with even moderate technical literacy (wordpress, html, adobe, etc.) and there is aways demand from smaller companies.

I have no degree in marketing, but got all the free certs from Google, Mailchimp, etc., signed up for some marketing focused newsletters to learn the buzz words and just started digging in and learning.

It can start as gig work if you can't find an in-house job, and I definitely didn't make great money, but it was survivable. And the skills open up other side projects like affiliate marketing, especially if you have a cool niche passion to share with the world.

Work from home customer service

Job #1 is researching all available disability programs you can apply for.

There's a company that uses robots, controlled remotely by severely disabled people, to be servers in a restaurant. I'd probably do that.