I can flip that around; my parents both work, so I don't have to answer to them during standard work hours.

... so long as you stick to things that can be hidden from them, which is a pretty major limitation.

ETA: Also, this situation requires that you keep their preferences in mind, which may be significantly detrimental even if you're generally able to work around them. Not carrying that particular cognitive burden seems likely to be a significant part of it, and with a regular job and boss, you only have to carry that burden during set hours and don't have to worry about it the rest of the time.

What if you want even more flexibility than that from your "job"? I don't know of too many ways to earn income where you don't have to commit to some specific schedule in advance and can also take unpaid vacations at will, without notice - and those that I do know of (fiction writing, online poker, day trading) aren't ones that I think that I can make a living at. :(

They do exist, they're just rare and hard to find. (I have one, but I don't know how to find another.) Or you could do temp work. Or, you could change your definition of 'make a living' - I wanted to run this by Alicorn before I mentioned it, but once we're moved and settled in at the house I'm working on buying (which has hit a bit of a roadblock but should happen within 6 months), we'd be willing to have you visit for a month with an eye to figuring out whether the arrangement would work out long-term. You'd need to have enough income to cover food in the long term - probably about $200/month; cost of living is pretty nice here - and any other spending you wanted to do (notable: I have no interest in TV, so if you want cable you'll have to cover that; hulu seems to be a reasonable substitute tho), but you wouldn't need to pay rent if you were willing to pitch in by driving us places.

(If Crono isn't interested in this, or moves on, we may consider opening the offer up to other LWers, with a preference for those in similar need of being kicked out of a rut and likely to be amenable to an autistic-friendly lifestyle.)