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As a parent of an autistic child obviously I am happy to see the increased recognition of where people on the autism spectrum can find ways to be autonomous in
by richardjordan 14y ago
As a parent of an autistic child obviously I am happy to see the increased recognition of where people on the autism spectrum can find ways to be autonomous in happy productive lives.
It's no fun waking up every morning knowing one day you'll be gone and won't be there to take care of them and if you haven't got them to a place where they can be either fully autonomous or well takn care if with sufficient resources left behind for that, then they will suffer the consequences. It's hard. But we are not without hope nowadays.
My one concern reading the article was of exploitation - does that 3x 98% accurate employee understand his/her value and how to negotiate appropriate compensation for it? That being said it is still a big step forward to have opportunities with the potential for under-compensation than to have no opportunities at all.
- nickpinkston 14y agoI'd say that, especially with programmers being able to find agents (10x Management that was just on the HN) - perhaps these autistic, but very good developers will be sought after by those who know they can make them more productive - in effect they're the low hanging fruit of this model because they're probably worse at these soft skills overall I'd imagine and have the most to gain.