I hired someone with Asperger's – now what?

Re:I hired someone with Asperger's – now what? by pmelendez on Friday April 12, 2013 @11:35AM (#5539051)

Like everything in the physical life, it's all about degrees. As a matter of fact, people with a high ASQ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_Spectrum_Quotient) are very common in software industry.

There is even an online test

http://psychology-tools.com/autism-spectrum-quotient/

I scored one point less than the minimum to be considered in the Asperger spectrum, and I hadn't had any "symptom" in my infancy, so I wouldn't be surprise if you already had hired an Aspie without knowing.

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Re:I hired someone with Asperger's – now what? by brechin on Friday April 12, 2013 @12:15PM (#5539340)

Thanks for the link. I scored higher than I expected.

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Re:I hired someone with Asperger's – now what? by pmelendez on Friday April 12, 2013 @12:50PM (#5539621)

I was very surprised when I took it too. And I just did it after my son was diagnosticated with PDD-NOS. So I guess it is true it has a genetic component :)

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Re:I hired someone with Asperger's – now what? by rtexal on Friday April 12, 2013 @12:01PM (#5539240)

Great tool!

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