What to Know When Coworking with Someone with Autism

At my current job, I disclosed my autism diagnosis after I was hired but before the first company-wide meeting. I didn't get too technical in my explanation, just went over some of the strengths and weaknesses that it brings. If a co-worker complains to my boss that I didn't act appropriately in a social situation, he knows the deal.

This article hardly explains what to know about working with someone who has Autism...

I think it was covered in the first sentence of the second paragraph:

“If you’ve met one person with Asperger's syndrome, then you’ve met one person with Asperger’s syndrome.”

However, I think this could be replaced with the simpler: If you have met one person, you have met one person.

> However, I think this could be replaced with the simpler: If you have met one person, you have met one person.

But that's exactly the point. The quote is pointing out that people with Asperger's or autism differ just as much as people without; the latter is commonly accepted and expected, the former less so.