Explaing to future co-workers what AS is

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I start a new job in the new year. I am both exited and nervous about the whole ordeal but i am happy to get started in this first stepping stone in my career. My future boss called me the day i accepted the offer and he wanted to talk to me on a more personal note about my AS, how I gone though the trials in life by having this condition. One of the tings he mentioned is that i would have to explain to him and my future co-workers what AS is. Here is a breakdown of what i am thinking of saying

-What is AS?
-Pros
-Cons
-Famous people who have AS
-Some stats about AS
-Tell them that despite having this disability, i am just as capable of doing this job just like anyone else, that i will work twice as hard to get to the same place ans anyone else and that i have to the potential of going above and beyond to become someone unique.

The aura i wanna do this in is to show my future employer is that i can do this just as much as anyone and that i am just apart of the team.

Any other thoughts as to how i should explain my disability to others?

They don't want to hear about the cons. Turn the cons into pros. And they don't care what famous person who has AS. They want to know how AS will affect daily business and if you'll either be a burden or a contributer.

I would say don't tell your coworkers right away. I think it's an unfortunate part of being an aspie that we'll never be the beloved company pet. But we can be respected for what we are capable of doing, and that's really more important. Put another way, Machiavelli said we can't make others love us. So, the best policy is to make others fear, or at least respect us, without being hated.

I would say be helpful, be polite, but otherwise keep interactions with others to a minimum. Put all your efforts into your performance, and you will be respected, which is about the most we can ask for.

I don't know if this is good advise but its what I do don't tell them at first after awhile when you do tell them you can just point ayo yourself they will then understand if they ask you why you didi not say before you can quite accurately say that you feared being stigmatized


I never tell anyone until I have known them for a very long time unless I discovered they know someone close to them who is not NT then I know they will understand my wish to not be treated differently

I think the biggest problem people have with us is they don't understand us and so fear us to and extant

when I was little I had adhd

I found out later my parent imideatly after my diagnosis (which was right after a showed symptoms) where some what afraid because all they new about it was what the media had said.


on the other hand I was diagnosed with as in mid high school and because they already new what i was like having a name put to it was just vindication.

I agree, they will mostly want to know how it will affect your work productivity and ability to connect with other people on the team. Some people won't even know what it is or they will only know from stereotypical or misguided views, I don't see any reason to disclose it with your co-workers unless you engage in a relationship with one of them.