are people with as less likely to get jobs?

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yep.

best thing to do is learn something not many other people know, or get better at something than most other people, or get qualifications not many other people have. then they need you, and they'll overlook your weirdness as a result.

if you are easily replaced by an nt, that's what will happen in most cases.

Yes people have AS and it's a challenge, but you can't let that hold you back from pursuing your dreams and goals. Yes, you may have to work harder than other people, but you can succeed in the workplace. You just have to develop strategies for working around your weaknesses.

Yes and no. Yes most of the time but certain times it actually helps.

Well if you apply to a job at a company that gives accomodations for people with disabilities, they will be very much helpful.

I practiced doing interviews with my dad. I also read about how to do interviews and all and the questions that most employers ask. I had 3 interviews in one day, and one called me back the next day to let me know I got hired.

I don't think we're less likely to get jobs, but interviews are usually our weak points.

I find it easy to keep a job.

I am 30 years old and I never got a job when there was an interview. And never got accepted in any school when there was an interview, even if my grades and abilities are far over average. I did a masters degree in criminology and it's all thanks to the fact that there was no interview.

And I got accepted in a comedy writing school only the 2nd time I applyed even if they knew I wrote for some comedians. They thought I would have too much trouble interracting with other students and that I was too asocial to have a chance to suceed in the workfield ... they almost let me slipped away. I had to explain them my condition and tell them that I would take actions at the human right commission if they refused me another time.

As tsarin said: "it's like I have a label on my forehead that says "please ignore everything I am saying, and please ignore everything in my resume, all of my accomplishments, everything-- you don't really want me, because I'm not like you"

I am different, I look different (I look and think like Freud), I dont seem funny but I write bright and funny stuff (but only in French, sorry). And still I needed to rush the system to let me move in. Now I work for one of the most well known comedians in Quebec and I begin to be recognize but (and it's even worst in the artistic industry) intellectuality looks bad. People seems to see depth and creativity as two opposites. That's non-sense.

I'll stop there for today, hope it helps the debate.