Now Hiring: Autistic workers

nice....

I had a teacher with severe ADHD and he turned out to be the best teacher I ever had; I learned much more about literature in his class during my junior year in high school than I have in high-level college courses.
So, this article simply further proves that even the most "debilitating" of disorders may have its perks.

This is something that I've tried to explain to people for a long time... autistic people are wonderfully creative, out of the box thinking, focused engineers and programmers.

But so-called "normal" people are so focused on socializing all they really think about is how fun or comfortable someone will be in their social units at work.

In my opinion, it's the "normal" people who spend much of their workday engaged in gossip, politics, backstabbing, attention-whoring and other social egotistical behaviors who are "impaired" and "disabled" in the workplace.

Does this article make me a more attractive hire now? No. Bottom line is that for most workplaces, being able to laugh at your boss's jokes at the right time is worth more in terms of pay and promotion than work product.

my 11 year old has aspergers and i have always said that he will make an amazing behind the scene employee .here is something i thought was very funny . my son is a computer wiz he even has worked on software to make his own video games. he read somewhere that you had to go to college to do this for a living . so he came to me one day and asked for my credit card when i asked him why he told me that he was attempting to apply to an online college. he was and he was only ten.

haha... so clever until your child starts stacking random objects up at age 1-2 and you wonder how he/she has developed autism because he/she was a perfectly healthy baby upon birth. Could it be the 21 vaccine shots before age 6? Well, until researchers stop getting payed off, we may never know.

Anyways, high percentage of autistic children dont have savant abilities but I believe many can be cured/corrected and if not they are still humans and can fit in society anywhere they can perform the proper tasks for a job.

LOL autism isn't caused by vaccines

Yes, but if you get promoted to a job that requires you to be all over the place, you're screwed.

It has been proven time and time again that vaccines has no connection with autism. we need to stop fostering that myth and start focusing on other things that could cause harm to a child or fetus.

Autism isn't the result of vaccinations. It first expresses during fetal development.

There perhaps is a rare allergic reaction to some vaccinations. However, real Autism is occurring in greater numbers.

And people with OCD should work in retail refolding clothes...I knew there had to be some reason for these "mental disorders"

I wonder how many people would play autistic to get a job right now.

I know i shouldn't have said it.

This story actually made me feel a million times better

How about dyslexics?

I was thinking the same theory might apply to those with ADD/ADHD - NO attention to detail, no focus and very bad at repetitive tasks, but GREAT at seeing the "Big Picture," managing and motivating people - ADD/ADHD people make great entrepreneurs - maybe we can match ADD/ADHD people with autistic people - let the them work together!

As a person with Asperger's Syndrome, this is a very nice thing to see. There is usually an annoying tendency to merely focus on what mainstream people see as downsides to anyone being on the Spectrum.

Organizations like Autism Speaks are very resourceful for parents of people with Low-Functioning Autism, but it often gives the impression that the rest of us (even those with High-Functioning Autism who are nonverbal) are restricted to the same problems and that this development of our bodies is something to be lamented and never, ever celebrated, never embraced as being who we are or an intrisic part of our personalities as opposed to a disease like cholera or diphtheria. There is no comparison because autism is not a disease, let alone communicable.

Adverse reactions to vaccinations do not result in autism and thimerosal HAS NOT been used in vaccines for at least a decade. This is a ridiculous debate that could be focused on things far more important, such as rampant infectious disease in developing or recessed countries (such as Russia since the break up of the Soviet Union), but we waste our time on trivial details and media sensations instead of focusing on things that will actually improve the lives of those we claim to care so much about.

Excessive attention to what others view as downsides only obscures that which makes us shine, no matter where we are on the Spectrum. I imagine that, given the right environment, there's a chance for EVERYONE with an ASD to shine in some way and ignoring that possibility is a disservice to the world, in general.

Focusing on what will actually help the individual instead of assuming that helping those around them having the inverse result is a mistake. When the individual is comfortable, the stress level of everyone around them can begin to drop.

Happiness for everyone is important, not just the whims of the few or the many at the expense of said few.

I don't like that autism is called a disorder. But this really opens the door to a more accepting and inclusive future that takes advantage of the abilities of everyone, not just those who fit some false model of "normal". Well done.

Well that's just great. What about the rest of us?

LOL i love the closing line!!