The recruitment of autists

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Hi

I would like to know if there are any companies/universities somewhere in the world that employ/recruit aspergers/high functioning autists with a background in chemistry and/or are featuring good working conditions for this population. One might not know of any such companies, but it could turn out that one might know how to locate such companies.

Any comments are greatly appreciated - thanks in advance!

To help anyone placing a comment to this thread, I will relieve the restraint of solely considering chemistry to consider all nature science studies.

I am not sure if there are, but one thing to consider is finding ways to apply for companies/roles that are not explicitly ASD-friendly and just be unconventional in your approach to the job. For example, I am in the middle of an interviewing process where I tripped up on an answer in an interview. I gave a less than expert answer to a hypothetical work situation. In my thank-you letter after the interview I included a quick description that I don't do as well with hypothetical situations but once I thought about it more if the issue is real I have a very real solution to the problem and asked for the data.

If I can get ahold of the data I can show that my work outshines my interviewing skills. So that's what I am hoping for. I doubt any of my NT counterparts are asking for the data. Hopefully it keeps me in the running.