How do I tell my boss?

@caretwo Someone has posted this list here before (maybe it was you), it's very interesting. My current boss mentioned the same items (almost literally) in my performance review. He said he likes working with me because I never get him into trouble and I make him no work...

But now they're asking me to have more customer contact (although that's not even in my job description). For example: "As a reward, we'll send you all-expenses-paid to this great conference." I fell for this ruse several times at my previous employer, they always add more and more work to the trip: Write reports, work at a booth, talk to customers, give presentations (I refused the latter outright). It's not a reward from my point of view, and I'm supposed to be grateful for this "perk".

Once I read a report from last year's conference and thought, that topic sounds very interesting. When I reached the end of the page I realized, not only had I attended this session, but I had written this report… I didn't remember. :-/ It's scary to think that I was so exhausted that what I learned and did there did not stick to my brain...

I would generally not assume that anyone will understand that.

Up to now I have only met 1 person on a managerial level who knew what AS is, but that was a huge and temporary exception.

I don't know what the issue is that you refer to and what options you have. I try to distract my boss by pointing out other things that I am better at, I propose workarounds or I volunteer to take on "boring" tasks instead (similar to @Haythml, I trained new hires in technical matters), so I'm doing something useful and clearly have no time for anything else.

I agree with @some_one, and (unless you are talking to, say, the official "diversity representative") I would not mention the word AS at all. As an experiment, I explained AS to a priest once, with examples and all, and her attitude was practically, 'well, I don't really know, but, just don't be like that, because nobody else is.' It's too alien to understand, just focus on aspects that they can understand, and skip the details.

NAS8954 said:

• have received acknowledgement from all my managers of my ability to train and help develop team members.

My last two jobs lasted around 5 years each and it was my choice to end both of them, I found some of it tough but I enjoyed coaching people on technical issues as i was confortable in the situation. I wasnt pushed to follow the " social side" of work and was left to excel at what I was good at.

Im looking at going back to work after a break, lets see what happens next.

telling people who .make your life hell isnt a good first step , it will only make you feel negative about things, so avoid telling people who you know are like that first, and talk to those you know arent like that or the ones that matter, ie your boss

ignorance is something you might have to accept like "it cant be that bad" which is actually quite common with aspergers because they can seem 'normal' to people so people think its not that bad

the only way for you to tell your boss without it sounding negative is for it to come from you, honestly and with facts, rather than from someone else like the assistant manager who cant explain it properly, as he probably doesnt understand much about it either

its something you , and maybe an autistic specialist will have to do, i dont think leaving it to someone else is the best thing as you dont get to say what you think needs said ie explain what it means or your needs etc

as for the it cant be that bad types, ignore them, they dont know what they are talking about so arent really worth your time, if someone is willign to learn thats cool, but if its a person who has made up their mind (and im thinking someone who makes your life hell has ) then its not worth bothering with