Yes, they want the people with "good autism". It's insensitive sounding, but it's probably not that different from their hiring stance for all people. Using yo

Yes, they want the people with "good autism". It's insensitive sounding, but it's probably not that different from their hiring stance for all people. Using your numbers, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that only ~3% of neurotypical people could get a job at Microsoft, either. Also, probably only ~3% (or less) of any other disadvantaged, disabled, or marginalized group. But it feel like they're hiring "the right kind of <marginalized_group>", which has a repugnant history even decoupled from the severity of "common" autism. So yeah, Microsoft should probably not have spun this as a PR opp. Aside: there's probably a tasteless joke in there somewhere about socially-insensitive recruiting practices which target high-functioning autistic people.