Talking about Aspergers to supervisor

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I haven't disclosed it to many colleagues or supervisors.

It's never really been necessary--they just saw me as a workaholic, which was fine.

Since September this year I have a new boss, because the organizational structure has been changed. There is a layer of new bosses between the current personnel and the former bosses.

My old boss doesn't know much about autism. He at least thinks that I have low intellect and have no ability to learn what may be desired or requested for the school administration, such as cash bookkeeping. He based that on my problems to sort tasks in order of prioritisation: Which task is more important? I cannot complete tasks in chronological order because the deadlines may be ignored. I often didn't know the deadline of each task. Other personnel automatically (possibly intuitively) know which has to be done first, and which next. I do not know that, unless a clear deadline date/time has been given.

My "inability" to sort tasks on deadlines is that deadlines was often missing. Now I say to my colleagues and my boss (old and new) when a specific task must be completed. Then I can insert the new task into the list of tasks that has to be done, but whose deadline is not met yet.

The new boss (a pretty young woman) is a new cup of tea. It may be advantageous to me, since she has a husband with autism and has autistic kids. So somehow she knows how I am. She has a higher esteem of me. After a few weeks she wants to know from each personnel member (so also from me) what their curriculum vitae is, what their tasks are and what they want to do for the school. I told her that the conversation with me will be tough, because my previous boss (her current boss) thinks that I have an intellectual retardation, while I think that is not true. Also she thinks that that is not true.

Very nice Act, but I am afraid that employers prefer to hire personnel without disabilities than to hire personnel with disabilities and make additional costs. If there is a way to make less costs, employers will grab that way with both hands.

I'm under the impression that those who encounter me or another aspie might think "Something is a little bit off about him/her", but my general rule is not to tell unless I'm asked, or something might come up that triggers symptoms.

Something like: "I'm sensitive about sitting under this particular light fitting" might be easier to digest then, "I have XYZ disorder".

My manager( the big boss) actually asked me for my counselor's phone number once. He still communicates with him when there are issues that need addressing, and he is the first boss that has ever done that for me...