You have to put yourself in your boss's shoes and understand what he/she is going through.  Imagine working in a management position where you have a lot of real stressful demands that you need to meet within a short period of time.  It can become really aggravating when you have a staff member that comes up to you every five minutes or so to ask how to do something, especially if YOU think it's really simple.  It's understandable if you're in a brand new position where you feel you need to ask a lot of questions to know how to do your job, but employers would rather you try to figure out the problem on your own before you go and ask.  Some like to impose a "three before me" rule.  This is important especially if you're wishing to seek a management position, where the tasks are more difficult and you won't be able to ask as many questions because you're expected to know pretty much everything.  

You have to ignore the fact that you do have aspergers and stop dwelling on it because, unfortunately, no one is going to cater to your needs - at least not in the business world.  I can understand where you're coming from - I used to be someone who would go and ask his boss every five minutes or so for help on something just because I didn't want to screw things up or because I thought it would be much faster than figuring it out on my own.  Afterall, I was working with money.  However, I wasn't seeing the big picture of things and I was only inconveniencing my co-workers who were very busy with their own tasks.  Overtime, I realized that in order to be a good, successful employee, I needed to be a leader.  

I'm pretty sure it's no different where you work, but your supervisors and co-workers are going to expect you to make mistakes every now and then.  You just need to do the best that you can at something and don't worry about being perfect; your mistakes will guide you towards perfection.   

@steph - It doesn't matter if I think it's real or not because this is a common situational issue.  Yes, I don't believe aspergers is real because it's a label for people who act a certain way...a certain way that can be curbed through experience and learning.  The problem is you're using aspergers as a crutch and blaming all your life problems on it.  You're on here, posting on public forums of how unfair it is that you're being mistreated at work and moping about how much of an outcast you are instead of getting off your butt and doing something about it.  I'm not sure if you just want attention and want people to feel sorry for you or what.  

"Five minutes" was arbitrary; I wasn't suggesting that is what you actually do.

I don't know of any anti-discrimination laws out there specifically for aspergers (otherwise Grant Thornton would go out of business).  If there are any, please point them out.  Most people with aspergers are normal functioning people who just have some social quirks to them that are fixable IF and ONLY IF they decide they want to fix them.         

I think everyone can relate to this in someway to be honest.

@Chibi_Son_Gokou@xanga - why are you such an ass hat?. mommy didn't hug you enough..

@steph -  Talked a little about this in an earlier blog myself, it's better to annoy people by asking the Qs you need to get something right than F*** up big time just because you didn't want to annoy them.

Oh and ignore Chibi, he's obviously a troll.

Asking lots of questions ahead of time to make sure you don't cause a bigger problem later makes sense!  

Also, for all I know your boss isn't trying to reject your autism when he or she rejects your asking questions.  See, people without autism (whether they have Asperger's or are NT or have William's Syndrome) can ask lots of questions too.  So hearing you ask lots of questions wouldn't make your boss know that you're asking because of autism, instead of not having autism and asking because of some other reason.

This is supposed to be a place for people with Asperger's to talk about our struggles, but it has become a playground for ignorant trolls.

@zippy - I don't know what his problem is, aside from the fact that he (and his groupies) 

  a.  Don't know anything about autism and Asperger's 
b.  Obviously have no life because they have to troll a site for people with autism and Asperger's and harass people with disabilities 
c.  Are very immature and childish 
d.  Have no idea that there is a whole, great, big world out there beyond their own tiny little existence 
e.  Are ignorant and have no desire to become educated 
f.  Are perpetuating the problem of intolerance in the world

I hope that once they grow out of this they will become productive citizens, but I don't have much hope unless they start trying to get better now.

Then again, kids will be kids, right? 

@steph - I don't recall having any "groupies".  

If anyone here is acting childish, it's you.  You're reminding me of that guy Phillip from the most current season of Survivor.  All I did was provide you a suggestion, to put yourself in other peoples' shoes to try and understand why they think the way they do because you seemed so confused about that, and I even stated I used to be someone who asked a lot of questions for possibly the same reason you do but then learned that it's not the best idea in the world.  I also used advice that representatives I met from multiple accounting firms have told me (accounting because that's my field, but it seems like something universal across all fields) and thought you may be able to take it into consideration.  Nevertheless, you saw it as nothing more than an attack against your ego.  I can see now why you're having such problems with co-workers and the like - when you act like this, there's no question about it.

@steph - Chibi claims to have been diagnosed as having Aspergers even though the only symptom he displays is a tyendency to speak without respect for the feelings of others. This is not just a place for Aspies but for all with an interest in Autism - in all its forms - to discuss and share, that includes people on the spectrum as well as family, carers and professionals.

@Chibi_Son_Gokou@xanga - You have posted in other discussions that you do not believe Aspergers is real. You may have been subscribed to Autisable for a while but you seem to only have mede your presence known in the last couple of days. I have never said that "commenters have to agree with what the original poster says", but disagreement should be constructive, courteous and not contentious for the sake of being contentious.

@Springingtiger - Yes, anyone who it interested in autism should be reading what is here, but when "interest" becomes an attack, then something should be done. I mean, stalkers and serial killers begin with an "interest" in their victims, right?