News report: "Autism patients in demand by employers&qu

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FWIW...

Link: "Thinking differently: Autism patients in demand by employers"

I hope this is real, I hope it works out!

Imagine being appreciated for what so many dislike about us!


Sylkat

Interesting. I applied for a job this morning. After filling out the 8 page application I had to complete an 80 question survey. Curiously, most of those questions seemed like they came from the Aspie Quiz. They included questions like-
Do you prefer working by yourself or in a group?
Do sudden changes in schedule bother you?
Do you easily make friends?
Were you or your co-workers pleased with their working condition?

To me, all of the questions were trick questions. I know better than to say, "No, I prefer working alone," or "No, I find it impossible to make and maintain friendships."

The name of the game is called survival. You do what you can to make money to pay the rent. It'd be nice if they would accommodate aspies with their quirks and behaviours, but let's be realistic: you don't bend over backwards, you get no paycheck.

This is why the system is the worst and why it has zero legitimacy.

But it is the system that produces more prosperity than any other.

Full bore socialism was and is a failure. For a "socialist" system to work, it needs a market component to it to maintain a decent level of productivity.

ruveyn

This is why I like working in EMS so much. We're all a little nuts. If I have to completely unmake my bunk every time I get in it to check for snakes (my current paranoid fear) that's no more weird than the NT who won't drink his pop if it isn't exactly in the same position he left it. I'm no more off than my coworkers.

Different, but not less.

In the latest edition of "New Scientist (1 June)" there is an article about some global companies headhunding people with autism.

It seems a number of companies have realised that aspies have some desirable traits and are seeking to employ them. The companies mentioned include two German software companies, and also Freddie Mac in the USA. They are looking at making physical changes to be more autistic friendly, and getting people to be used to the directness of autistic people.

It is an interesting article.

And in time, I expect more and more persons in hiring positions to catch on to the facts that

some of us are good at math and abtract reasoning,

some of us are good at narrative and story and language arts (like me!)

and some of us are good at pictures like Temple Grandin.

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And I do hope things become smaller and more entrepreneurial.

It's a "Fox News" report.

Caveat Lector!

Several other media outlets have carried the story in more detail. Fox's reporting on this appears to be based on wire services.

Caveat emptor, for sure.

I want to be encouraged. I know I have a lot to offer an employer; if workplace politics just weren't such a problem and they knew I wasn't being stupid or snide when I asked what they want me to do next, I wouldn't have a problem.

I'd never make it in management, but I wouldn't want to.

Unfortunately, I see a lot of potential for dark underbelly here. Goodwill likes to say they employ the otherwise unemployable; I have talked to several handfuls of Goodwill employees who say that what they do is more like exploiting the mildly disabled. Do others want to jump on that bandwagon?? "Hey, hire an autie! They don't need to socialize!! They don't need time off!! ! They literally live for work!! !! And if they get mouthy, just remind 'em that no one else wants 'em..."

And-- What's an Aspie going to do at Freddic Mac?? I mean, granted they really could have used someone who would crunch the numbers and then not worry about what anyone thought or wanted to hear, but-- what's an Aspie going to do at Freddie Mac?? Blow the whistle the next time they try to defy the laws of mathematics??

Acceptance... just a little more acceptance, a little more tolerance, a little patience for people who are trying to fit in and just aren't good at it, a little less rigid definition of what is normal and good... Would be so nice...

Not holding my breath. Sorry-- no matter how much better my mood these days, cynicism remains.

That could be a good thing, of course...

To me it makes sense that if a person does not have the social skills which are "soft skills" then try to have the "hard skills" which include engineers, doctors and research scientists. Jobs that are tailored to persons with ASD would benefit from a person that could liasion between employer and employee to help smooth rough spots.

No it isn't capitalism is failing just look at the USA, and socialism is rising look at the nordic countries in Europe. There is more prosperity in those countries for everyone then in the USA. The problem is our media whitewashes and brainwashes everyone, even countries like china are far ahead even though our media portrays them as bad by showing us a couple of bad things that happen there but don't show the violence in our own countries.

Hong Kong has always been much more prosperous than China. Hong Kong until '99 was capitalistic & it still is more or less.

I wouldn't call the United States "capitalist".

"taxitalist" would be more appropriate.