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"Software testing and Asperger's Syndrome
Fri, 04/09/2010 - 18:22 — Infoxchange Team

Infoxchange Australia is planning to develop a software testing social enterprise that employs people who have Asperger’s Syndrome with support from Social Firms Australia (SoFA) and Alpha Autism.
The enterprise will be seeking people who have the ability to concentrate with intensity for lengthy periods of time, excellent memory recall and extraordinary attention to detail, which is often present in people who have Asperger’s and high-functioning autism.
Evidence has shown that people with these particular qualities have a strong ability to pick up glitches in computer systems and “bugs,” which have the potential to cause catastrophic failures. The model has been proven by Danish company, Specialisterne, which was started by entrepreneur, Thorkil Sonne. Specialisterne have a 90 per cent rate of workers who have autism and work with clients that include Oracle Corporation and Microsoft.
The Australian enterprise will be employing people with Asperger’s and high-functioning autism. They will have their unique skills applied and used to their full potential and paid commercial salaries in the process. Infoxchange is planning to launch this enterprise in the second half of 2010. If you would like to provide support for this initiative, please contact [email protected]."

Signed......... oh wait , wrong country!

Sounds great, wish it was in my neck of the woods.

With you could say, "Asperger's a plus" in job descriptions in the U.S., but I suspect it would fall afoul of some law or other.