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Employers seeking out autistic workers — staffing quote of the week

May 12, 2015

“It’s simple, Microsoft is stronger when we expand opportunity and we have a diverse workforce that represents our customers,” The Daily Beast quoted Mary Ellen Smith, a corporate vice president with Microsoft, as saying in a story about employers seeking out autistic workers. “People with autism bring strengths that we need at Microsoft, each individual is different, some have amazing ability to retain information, think at a level of detail and depth or excel in math or code.”