A majority of people with autism are unemployed — despite exceptional technical talent and professional abilities. But as prominent companies nationwide actively recruit people on the spectrum, more employers are starting to recognize the value of the untapped talent of the autism community.
JPMorgan Chase’s Autism at Work program has helped the company fill a talent gap in its software engineering and quality assurance departments. When the program first started in 2015, a cohort of five employees on the spectrum were hired. Within the first six months, those employees were 48% more productive than employees not on the spectrum who had been at the same job three to ten years.
