UK Aspergers workplace study

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Asperger's in the workplace study reveals benefits and challenges for managers

Good to see some research on ADULT aspies and not just children.

While the study brings up a few good points, there are some wild generalisations there, like "being inflexible" - i am highly flexible, and i've gone from a recluse to a person who almost enjoys social conversations at the dinner tables with the other nerds.

Empathy is necessary for a manger, because an aspie wont always alert when there is a problem, like an annoying co-worker who needs to drum their fingers into the table, or one that whistles.

I've had some good jobs and some bad jobs, in the meaning that some provided a good environment for me to work with. Most did not however and there were office politics and social rules.

thats actually very interesting, but i would argue, do i have to disclose the whole autism thing to an employer? are they surely less likely to actually employ you if they know, considering that its considered a disability to people so they might think that they should employ someone a little less....hardwork to deal with on a social level.

Repetitive menial tasks=you aren't going to be paid squat.

I'd hate to see everyone with ASD shunted off to the lowest, bottom tiered jobs and kept there.

Before data entry jobs, there were filing clerks, mail sorters/delivery and book keepers (different from accountants). Yes, these people did a needed services, but the pay scale was very low. All I can see is employers hiring a person with ASD, get the tax right off/credit and pay them crap because "with an 80% unemployment figure, who are you to complain."

"If you had better social and multitasking skills we could move you up in the department....."

What I read in the link doesn't describe me at all as an employee. Bright lights do not bother me at all, neither do loud noise (except for bells, I seem to have a fear of them). I get on well with my colleagues (though some I don't really know what to say to unless it's about the work), and I am happy to let my boss change/swap my days around if need be. I am not too honest and I don't grass on people.

The boss knows of my AS, although I am not a very typical Aspie. But I still like the boss to know anyway, because I do get anxious when bombarded with too much work, and I can be forgetful and easily distracted, and I can sometimes seem a little odd or awkward in my behaviour, and I am prone to crying when having a bad day or if spoken to inappropriately (I am emotionally sensitive).