A question from my Doctor.

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If you live in the US, having a diagnosis will give you an in to Vocational Rehabilitation. They can help with interview skills, being a go between and avoiding the interview process altogether. They could also help to find you a better job match.

It's also helpful because if you disclose about the AS to your employer, you have several rights under the ADA which is a good thing. I've lost several jobs because of AS things, but because I do not have an official dx, I can't prove that is the problem and thus have no protection under the ADA.

Given the public's - hopefully temporary - refusal to acknowledge anything positive in neurodiversity, and willingness to associate it with any negative human characteristic including violence, I think people should consider keeping the diagnosis as private as possible.

In the USA, a person can self-pay for the dx, which is only a session or two. That's what I did.

Various social services (educational, vocational, etc) have different guarantees of confidentiality, it's good to address this question before even providing a name.

Personally, I would never divulge such a thing during a job interview.

Sadly, of course, confidentiality is not always possible and a person is necessarily exposed to the extreme xenophobic bias which is so germaine to an NT world which considers itself possessed of a higher "empathy."

Oops, started to rant there ... </rant>