As an aspie myself, I generally try not to let people know about it, but I debated on something in my resume the last time I was job-searching.
I co-founded a major AS website with 17k+ registered users, but you definitely don't want to disclose a disability in the hiring process. But a cursory Google search on me would reveal the same, so I left the mention in. Additionally, it's well-known in the IT industry.
No, in retrospect, the company you were interviewing with would not have enjoyed your services anyway, if your disability was indeed the key factor. More importantly, you probably wouldn't have liked the environment either.
You've created an immensely popular and beneficial website (no, I don't have AS), which is something to be proud of. You shouldn't be hiding that from potential employers, regardless of the fact that some of them may be unscrupulous.
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As an aspie myself, I generally try not to let people know about it, but I debated on something in my resume the last time I was job-searching.
I co-founded a major AS website with 17k+ registered users, but you definitely don't want to disclose a disability in the hiring process. But a cursory Google search on me would reveal the same, so I left the mention in. Additionally, it's well-known in the IT industry.
In retrospect, I should have left it out.
>In retrospect, I should have left it out.
No, in retrospect, the company you were interviewing with would not have enjoyed your services anyway, if your disability was indeed the key factor. More importantly, you probably wouldn't have liked the environment either.
You've created an immensely popular and beneficial website (no, I don't have AS), which is something to be proud of. You shouldn't be hiding that from potential employers, regardless of the fact that some of them may be unscrupulous.
Err... I meant AS is well-known in IT, not my site :)