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Re:Why a firm wants staff with autism by jhugbj on Friday July 17, 2009 @11:52AM (#710136)
A company wants to enable people with autism to get a job in computers!

What next - a scheme to enable gay men to break into the world of musical theatre?

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Re:Why a firm wants staff with autism by RK on Friday July 17, 2009 @02:39PM (#710461)
Autism encompasses a whole spectrum of possible symptoms. Only a small subset of people with autism are ones that might be suited to computer related work.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_spectrum

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Re:Why a firm wants staff with autism by smelendez on Friday July 17, 2009 @08:31PM (#711113)
By constrast, all homosexual men are talented singers, dancers or composers.
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