autistic programmers can be great but they can also be a liability. I am not saying this to be mean, it is just my experience. We had a situation once where an

autistic programmers can be great but they can also be a liability. I am not saying this to be mean, it is just my experience. We had a situation once where an autistic person repeatedly did extremely inappropriate things both to people within our company and outside. It got to the point that it wasn't clear whether it was a result of his autism or if he wanted the company to fire him so he could sue for discrimination.