Autism Jobs and JP Morgan Chase by Kelly Jean Sullivan

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A majority of people with autism are unemployed — despite exceptional technical talent and professional abilities.

prominent companies lik e JP Morgan Chase are  nationwide actively recruit people on the spectrum.

 Finally m ore 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.