Does your boss know?

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I'm in the process of being diagnosed, but since the symptoms read like a laundry list of my characteristics, I feel it pretty likely I'll be diagnosed.

I've talked to two co-workers I'm close to about it. One of them said I couldn't possibly have it, and then described it in a way that is totally inaccurate, so I sort of ignored him.

The other one was nicer and asked questions about AS but then asked if I was going to tell my boss. I had thought about it - she knows I'm ADHD and OCD (though I now wonder if the OCD is actually AS). I'm not sure why I'm hesitant about telling her about this. If anything, it would probably help explain (to her) why I sometimes seem like I'm being rude without meaning to be.

What about you? Does your boss/supervisor know?

I had to make this clear because sometimes i'm forced into contact with customers, and some of them have a way to talk and talk and ramble while i have to work on their appliances and i can't talk while working.

When a person is interrupting me all the time while i'm focused on working, i can get angry. That's why i had to tell my boss in advance.

My boss knows I am not a plain vanilla NT, but he has no idea of what flavour of ice cream I am. I work in a place where quite a few people seem not to be quite plain vanilla.

I told my boss and I think it helped things. She was misunderstanding some of my behaviors - now that she knows where I'm coming from we have a much better relationship.

I told my boss a few weeks before my official diagnosis during my annual review in October. (I was 99.9% certain). She was very understanding and even suggested I contact HR for workplace accommodations. But I work for a large bank with an excellent policy for disabled workers, not everyone is so lucky.

Over the past few months my relationship with my boss has greatly improved. I've missed a fair amount of work for asperger/adhd appointments and she hasn't even suggested that I not be paid for this time.

I've yet to encounter anyone in my entire life that can recognize me as autistic even though my signs and symptoms show more than I want it. Fortunately my job is very routine so I'm not pushed into having to disclose such info...yet.

i told my new boss...and some of the other co-workers. but i haven't told EVERYONE that works in my department yet. that'll be a need to tell basis. like I just told someone today and she related a family member with it. so she already understood ASD. but there's a LOT of people that work on the same floor i do.

it was starting to get bad, even though at my previous position most every one knew. but i wasn't getting very much relief. lukily i got transferred to a new position that has been so far more my speed. i don't have to answer the phone that much, and when i do, it's just taking down a message or passing the call onto someone else. and not many people come up to the window for 'services'. i've only been in this place for like 2 months though.

No, I haven't even told my own family. No this isn't something I plan to share with anyone. To me this is like my dirty secret

I haven't told many people but to be honest I often feel the urge to tell them. I'm not ashamed or embarrassed about my condition, its simply part of who I am. The only thing that stops be from telling everyone is that I know most people don't understand anything about autism and I don't want people treating me like a small child. However it would be nice if people understood that I'm not rude nor am i selfish.

She might, I don't know. I've never told her. Most anyone can sense I'm a little bit different but I'm not sure as to if they would assume AS. Plus, I do well enough at my job that I've never been put into a hole where I would have to explain myself.

Since I myself didn't know until recently, neither did my bosses. But I'm not planning on telling a boss even now. There's no need to, because I'm only a fairly mild Aspie and don't do anything too out of the ordinary that would require any special accommodation. There's always the danger that it will be misunderstood, so I wouldn't tell an employer unless there's a specific reason to.

In the middle of being diagnosed and he doesn't know.

Do I need to say anything if it doesn't affect work? It shouldn't do.

This is pretty much exactly how I feel. I've worked here for 7 years - my boss knows I'm "odd" but I think she's hoping I'll grow out of it. I started working here at 23 - my first "grown-up job" - and I've learned a lot about faking NT working here, but there's some things I don't think will ever change.

It would just be nice for her to know, so she knows I'm trying but that my brain isn't wired like hers so I'm never going to be exactly how she wants me to be.

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I told a coworker I suspected it and he looked at me like I had some sort of contagious disease and changed the subject really fast.

Seems to be a lot of people aren't really sure what it really encompasses..

My current workplace doesn't know. At the time of my diagnosis I was working in a previous location and I had managed to do the job for nearly 4 years so it felt awkward to come out and say it, when everything was going so good. Now I'm at a new store (moved house) and with a larger ethnic demographic. I hope the melting pot of cultures and my status of being from a regional area will "explain" my behaviors until people get used to them.

At a year long position last year I shared an office with a counterpart and a full time permanent staff member. I told the permanent staff member because I knew from personal experience that the full time worker had a lot of experience with Aspies and that she was very tolerant of neurodiversity. If I didn't have that knowledge I probably wouldn't have let them know unless something happened.