Advice?

There is no simple answer to that question. I have avoided disclosing this unless I am asked to do a health questionnaire and that usually comes after an offer has been made. I also have a diagnosis and that makes it harder to avoid the question.

I have disclosed this at a couple of interviews and then not got the job - I can't say for sure whether the disclosure put them off but that is my suspicion.

How do you think you come across to other people? Do you present as normal or do you think you appear to be different? If you think that people can see that you are different then you might disclose your suspicions earlier rather than later.

It seems to me that most people don't know what to do with this information if you tell them as most people have not worked with someone with autism. You are likely to be sterotyped as having severe learning difficulties or being like Rain-man since this is the image that people have in their minds.

There is no simple answer to that question. I have avoided disclosing this unless I am asked to do a health questionnaire and that usually comes after an offer has been made. I also have a diagnosis and that makes it harder to avoid the question.

I have disclosed this at a couple of interviews and then not got the job - I can't say for sure whether the disclosure put them off but that is my suspicion.

How do you think you come across to other people? Do you present as normal or do you think you appear to be different? If you think that people can see that you are different then you might disclose your suspicions earlier rather than later.

It seems to me that most people don't know what to do with this information if you tell them as most people have not worked with someone with autism. You are likely to be sterotyped as having severe learning difficulties or being like Rain-man since this is the image that people have in their minds.