Coworker seems to want to be friends

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I thought that some of the girls that I once worked with were friends. They turned out to be users.

Civet,

I'd say give your self some time to get to know her as a person as well as to welcome the opportunity of a new friendship in your life. You sound like you're doing pretty good so far. I know we
Aspies are a little "slower" upstairs than NT's but it sounds like she is open and accepting of who you are.

By all means, use your powers of observation and in time, you will begin to map out and know the nature of whatever her negative as well as positive aspects of character may be. Each and everyone of us has positive as well as negative traits. The question now is whether her neg traits are the sort you feel you can accept in your life.

It sounds like she has a hobby or two she likes to share with anyone who has the same interests, but here, I thought I'd throw in a few more Q's as a suggestion about getting to know this newcomer in your life:
Have you explained your autism to her? If so, how did she respond, and how does she treat it? How are her interractions with friends and family? Is there mutual respect in her family or is there an air of dysfunctionality? Has she met your family? If so, how do your family feel about her? Is she honest? Well-mannered? Assertive? Or does she sometimes belittle certain people or talk behind their backs? How does everyone else get along with her at work? Is there any negative trait that is predominent in her circle of friends? Do you notice any kind of bullying amongst her peers? OTOH, do you notice any signs of her being a victim in any way to somebody else in her life? What are her favorite subjects and how does she broach them? Has she told you anything about her life's story? If so, are her memories mostly happy or is there a lot of outstanding acrimony of any sort? How is her overall attitude about life? Is there a lot of pessimism or does she see the brighter side of things and change the things that she can change and accept the things that she can't?

From what I see here, she sounds like somebody I'd like to know a bit better, but then I couldn't really give you anything straight unless she was somebody I knew personally.

Be open but take your time to get to know her. It is my hope that you've found yourself a rare and precious jewel in meeting this lady.