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13 Aug 2016, 1:10 pm

kmaland [dot] com/news/iowa-employers-can-benefit-by-hiring-people-with-autism/article_34fbb0e2-6085-11e6-81ce-93697754e81f.html

"A lot of people with autism have wonderful math and computer skills, actuarial scientists, people at NASA now, a lot of scientists have autism, and are doing wonderfully" -- Autism Society of Iowa



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13 Aug 2016, 1:20 pm

Oooooo you have no idea of the serendipity of this, and how much this has been on my mind recently in applications for university (again.) I'm trying to find an autistic friendly niche, and this may well be it. Awaiting advice from course and careers advisor for prospective students. But damn, I feel way too old for this, and there may be no work in it at the end ...


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13 Aug 2016, 1:37 pm

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13 Aug 2016, 2:26 pm

I suck at math, perhaps at a 5th grade level if that, as for computers I am fairly competent but I know nothing about programming them, building them or anything like that. I mean I suppose this is good for autistics that have those skills, provided the employers provide whatever proper accommodations are necessary. But I would like to see it acknowledged we don't all have skills in that area and those of us who don't could probably benefit from something like this but geared towards our varying skills.


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13 Aug 2016, 2:27 pm

They may have more Autistic traits then most but whether they are autistic is questionable.
Is Silicon Valley a Breeding Ground for Asperger’s Syndrome? by Dr. Kenneth Roberson is an Asperger’s psychologist in San Francisco with over 30 years of experience

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Numerous studies have shown the parents who have children later in life are at a higher risk of having children with developmental delays. There is also a strong correlation between higher levels of education and age of child rearing. Suggestions have been made that people who have advanced degrees tend to have children later in life, perhaps the reason for the most significant indicators of risk for having autistic children – education and age.

Furthermore, parents who are more educated are also more likely to be aware of the symptoms of autism and to seek a diagnosis, and consequent services, for their children.


I see no reason why the above theory would not apply to adults and to other scientific proffessions. These fields are very competive, it would seem to me that networking and social game playing skills would be needed. I think that the idea that scientific fields had a lot of autistics was probably more true 20 or 30 years ago then it would be today where employers are worried a "different" employee might shoot up the office, or leak company secrets online.


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13 Aug 2016, 2:30 pm

Oh hey your link wasn't working so fixed it, in case anyone was having trouble getting the article.
kmaland.com/news/iowa-employers-can-benefit-by-hiring-people-with-autism/article_34fbb0e2-6085-11e6-81ce-93697754e81f.html


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