Advice for Autism Awareness Month

Since this is Autism Awareness Month, I thought I would give some advice regarding those with autism: you should hire them.

Here are all the reasons you should hire people with autism:

1. They are great workers; they will obsessively do their jobs.
2. They will not play office politics; they don't care what others think or do, so long as they are allowed to do their work.
3. They are loyal.
4. They do not lie, even to save people's feelings.

Of course, this isn't to say that there aren't problems:

1. They do not play office politics; they don't care what others think.
2. They do not lie, even to save people's feelings.
3. They tend to take anything you say literally.
4. They need the "big picture" explained to them.

If you want employees who play social games and backstab each other, don't hire people with autism. That is my advice. But if you want people who will be loyal and who will do their jobs and do it well, who are very analytical and tend to have high I.Q.'s, then you might consider hiring some autistic employees.

Just don't let their honesty throw you off.