Workplace certification to manage AS employees?

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Hi! I'm a software engineer, and as you know there are many people who believe that a decent percentage of software engineers have AS. I'm not sure about this company, though.

One thing I have noticed, however, is that my manager doesn't know how to handle me all that well. He keeps on thinking I'm missing the point and is clueless when I tell him that I can't see things the same way he does ("It's like me teaching you to breathe: can't each you to breathe because I don't know how I do it either -- it's natural to me!")

I'm curious if anyone has ever thought of organizing a program that trains managers to handle AS employees. With the prevalence of AS increasing among children nowadays, within 10-15 years they're going to be all over the workforce (especially in AS-prone jobs like software).

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance, ACG

P.S. Work politics question. My manager told me that I need to be more open and friendly and at least show that I'm paying attention to people more. Well, I hurt my neck the other day and told my manager I might have to leave early because my neck was having spasms of pain. I got no reply back from him. Eventually, I found that I had to stay (none of the massage stores in the area were open until tomorrow), so I told him I'd come back, started working, and wrote him an email about work.

He responded to that email with a negative comment about my work. Granted, the negative comment was a typical misinterpretation of an email reading. However, he did not mention my injury whatsoever. It's as if he didn't care. And this is from someone who's prompting me to be more friendly and caring!

Should I tell HR about this? I doubt it, but it makes me wonder...

ACG

well, it's kind of hard to see the manager's side in this. It depends on how you asked. If you asked if you could go and get the problem taken care of, he would usually answer one way or another. If you didn't get a straight answer from him, that's probably what gave rise to the comment (I know from experience to get a straight answer first...if only for defensive reasons)

I have a few comments, but I don't think you'll like them....

You said the prevelance of AS in children is increasing? To what 1 out of 200? Is that is a big enough number to ask for a manager certification? That doesn't sound to me like "all over the workplace" is an applicable description.

I can name 20 conditions that are more prevelant. That's 20 certifications each manager at each company has to have. That would cost billions of dollars, and we haven't even gotten to the AS certification yet.

If I were a manager, it would be more helpful to have a training course that helps me deal with women who are pmsssing, or people in general who are depressed. That way, I could help more than just 1 out of 200.