I think increased autonomy is the wrong way to look at it. Typically you will still be part of a team and will be encouraged and required to collaborate with coworkers to solve problems and get questions answered. You'll just be doing it over Skype or Slack or whatever other communication tools are there instead of in person.
Agreed - I've been in a fully remote team collaborating pretty intensively with other team members, screen sharing and pair programming over Skype/Screenhero/TeamViewer or whatever the designated tool is. Asking questions through irc/Slack means that communication is a little more asynchronous than face to face but we'd use short Skype sessions when we needed to be a little more involved. Increased autonomy can be part of it but it really depends on your workplace.
