Whitney Ham and Alissa Molinelli talk about employees with autism spectrum disorders and tips for educating employers and colleagues. Alissa and Whitney have both worked with individuals with autism spectrum disorders for several years. They have found when introducing these individuals to the workplace, that oftentimes, they get questions from both their employers, their supervisors, and their colleagues on best ways to interact with this individual and also just questions about autism in general. This presentation gives a bit of a background on autism spectrum disorder and how it can present in the workplace and more specific details about certain challenges that may be seen in working with this individual and also strategies for success. Topics covered in this presentation are: What is an autism spectrum disorder? What might it look like? Some challenges and some strategies for success.