Company Trains the Autistic To Test Software

Aspiritech, a Chicago based non-profit company, has launched a program to train high-functioning autistic people as testers for software development companies. The company says autistics have a talent for spotting imperfections, and thrive on predictable, monotonous work. Aspiritech is not the first company to explore the idea of treating this handicap as a resource. Specialisterne, a Danish company founded in 2004, also trains autistics. They hire their workforce out as hourly consultants to do data entry, assembly line jobs and work that many would find tedious and repetitive.

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Re:consultants? nice way to get out of paying heal

[Jah-Wren Ryel]

consultants? nice way to get out of paying for there health care and makeing them pay all the taxes on there own. How about helping and makeing them w2 workers?

You are kidding, right?

Where do you think the money comes from to pay for benefits and employment taxes in the first place?

I'd rather have the cash and spend it the way I want than be stuck in some lowest-common-denominator benefits system.

Re:Only one small problem to solve

[svtdragon]

C'mon now. Troll? Really? I found it to be an entirely appropriate joke. You made me laugh, AC, and I'm a very good driver.