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Microsoft has a similar program. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/diversity/inside-microsoft/c...
Ugh. It's a part of their disabilities website, even featuring "an engineer who has Asperger's syndrome". Wow. :(
Wow, this strikes me as unbelievable. How things have changed since the industry was up in arms over Alex St. John's "Recruiting Giants" PDF [1] where he explicitly called out the "holy grail" employee: Be on the look out for the holy-grail... the undiscovered Asperger's engineer. (usually found on open source forums) * They have no social skills * They generally marry the first girl they date * Can't make eye contac…
How could anyone stand to work for someone who so swiftly limits the breadth and depth of a person via their mannerisms such as this? it's dehumanizing, full stop.
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ASD isn't anything new, you're comments act like this is something we haven't ever had to face before. Turns out a lot of developers have some form of ASD, it's very common in the industry. Odds are you already have someone on your team on the spectrum.
I think OP has a valid point. How do we differentiate the discourageable bad behavior from someone's disabilities? Trying to draw a line there is almost an exercise in futility. I would not want to be the HR person that has to handle a situation like that.
However, once the company is making an explicit effort to be welcoming and inclusive to employees with a neurodiverse background, what do you choose to prioritize in that kind of stallmate?
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Ugh. It's a part of their disabilities website, even featuring "an engineer who has Asperger's syndrome". Wow. :(
You can officially get the document of having a "limited ability" with an Autism diagnosis in many countries.
Maybe that's just my viewpoint though. ;)
finally, the weaponized autism of 4chan can go mainstream! /s
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You can officially get the document of having a "limited ability" with an Autism diagnosis in many countries.
Interesting. It's pretty insulting (of those countries, and Microsoft in this instance). Maybe that's just my viewpoint though. ;)
Microsoft has a similar program. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/diversity/inside-microsoft/c...
Ugh. It's a part of their disabilities website, even featuring "an engineer who has Asperger's syndrome". Wow. :(
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You can officially get the document of having a "limited ability" with an Autism diagnosis in many countries.
Interesting. It's pretty insulting (of those countries, and Microsoft in this instance). Maybe that's just my viewpoint though. ;)