Very few companies hire autistics, which is why the article notes they have similar employment prospects to people who are both blind and deaf. Some aspies get

Very few companies hire autistics, which is why the article notes they have similar employment prospects to people who are both blind and deaf. Some aspies get hired, if they happen to be savants, or have rare and marketable skills they have developed, but savants are quite rare. Generally, people with autism are not seen as team players, and don't really thrive in chaotic workplaces. I've worked with a guy I'm pretty sure was ASD in a uni project, and it wasn't too hard - he just needed an extra 5 minutes of explanations every now and then, but was otherwise pretty good. His complete lack of eye contact was creepy, but you could say the same about people with prosthetics, and it's wrong to treat them differently. But "People skills" is more universally required than eyesight, because it's not seen as unfair to discriminate against people with unusual mannerisms, while people with obvious physical handicaps get more recognition, as their handicaps are more obvious, and aren't seen as intrinsic as personality defects. Diseases with external causes get a lot more sympathy than those that are seen as an integral part of the victim.