First off, no offense, but I would hazard a guess I know a bit more about AS kids and schools for them than you do. Admittedly I have no clue what you background is, but I have been studying Asperger's now for about a decade (ever since I found out I have it) and have dozens of books on the subject from everyone from Luke Jackson to Tony Atwood to Barbara Kirby. I also have worked with dozens, perhaps even more than a hundred kids and adults on the autism spectrum between my various jobs and internships. I know I can work with them, because I have many many many times before (as well as ADHD students, learning disabled students, severely autistic students, and ID students). I also know of probably around 100 schools that were either designed for students with Asperger's Syndrome, or only accept students with Asperger's Syndrome. This is not that rare. Beyond that I know of many schools that have a program for just students with Asperger's and even have a friend who's son is in one at the high school level and another one who has a kid at the elementary school level (in 2 very different cities mind you). Once again this is not that rare.
I can work in a team manner, and I am not quite sure why you would think I can't. The only difficulty/complaint I have had in this regard so far is allegedly people get worried about my nonverbal communication (allegedly I project an aura of worriedness). Once again I must reinterate this, I see no difference here and someone who is deaf not communicating typically.
I also have turned in my lesson plans, so I am not quite sure where you are getting this complaint from. In my first placement I asked to see a sample lesson plan, which was denied, which I was a little bit upset about, but quickly moved on. In my second placement I did this just fine, and generally did it about 3 days before I needed to and 5 days before I had to teach them (wayyyyyyyyyyyyy too much prep time at this position, she used it to test mostly so she needed it, but as I couldn't test, and watching someone else test is about as boring as watching paint dry, I had tons of time to prep).
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