What job skills do Aspies have that NT's don't?

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I am working on a letter to the editor about AS and am also thinking of ways to be an AS advocate and keep thinking about specific skills etc that Aspies bring to the workplace that NT's don't. Right now, all can think of is reliability, honesty, strict rule following, and a new way of looking at things. However, those are things NT's can do as well. Anyone have more specific ideas? Thank you for your input.

Willing to work overtime, weekends, and holidays because they ain't got no social life.

We are very good with detials and getting a task done fast and well.

These are the things that my bosses like about me where I got during the summer, because they don't have to worry about me not getting the job done and they know the it will be done right the first time.

Depending on the Aspie, it could be none or many. Each individual Aspie should figure out what their best skills are and sell themselves based on that, with examples. Not all Aspies have the same skills, just like not all NT's do.

For instance, this one Aspie has a website and gives a lot of advice on career and work to other Aspies, and he seems to think many Aspies have a problem with time management and will be always late unless they work on this diligently. However, many Aspies report being very punctual and reliable (always at work, etc.), more so than some of their NT colleagues.

So I do really think it's based on the individual, just like with NT's, and I get kind of frustrated when I see things promoting these traits that all Aspies supposedly have that will make better workers. I know this is done for autistic advocacy, to try to get more people into the workplace, and it's meant well; but what about those Aspies/auties who don't have those particular traits? Is someone going to hire them because "Oh, they're AS and they have such-and-such traits" and then be even more disappointed when that particular Aspie doesn't have those traits, then they won't want to hire anyone on the spectrum from then on? You know how some NT's generalize about things sometimes.

Working alone is a good one and we don't generally spend the day in idle chit chat with others

We're good at details, and are willing to work overtime so the job gets finished. I usually stay a half hour later than scheduled, which is good in retail when things have to be restocked.

Furthermore, asperger's doesn't 'doom' you to having no social life. It may change what that means versus what it means for other people. I have a handful of friends, I spend time with them, we talk and play board games and such. To me, that's a social life. I agree that in some places it is more difficult to find that than in others, I used to live in an area where I never made a friend, this was for about a decade and a half. Where I live now if you are socially awkward and interested in 'strange' things chances are there is someone who is also awkward and shares your interests.

Also, it must be stated that not all aspies are introverted and certainly most are not completely reclusive. I find it funny that on a forum like this that people are so prone to stereotyping because of all people we should be aware of the real experience.