Microsoft on Monday announced a pilot program to hire workers with autism.
The company is working with an organization called Specialisterne, which helps create and find jobs for autistic workers. Microsoft will focus on filling full-time positions at its headquarters in Redmond, Washington. The news comes just after World Autism Awareness Day, which was last Thursday.
Microsoft has been "committed to enabling people with disabilities to be successful for a long time," said Mary Ellen Smith, Microsoft's corporate vice president for operations. In a blog post on the company's site, Smith noted that her 19-year-old son Shawn was diagnosed with autism when he was 4 years old. Read more...
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