Microsoft Launches a Pilot Program for Hiring Autistic Workers

Microsoft is looking to recruit yet another type of diverse employee. The Redmond, Wash.-based technology giant said Friday that it is piloting a program focused on hiring people with autism for full-time positions in the company's headquarters.

The program was announced in a blog post by Mary Ellen Smith, Microsoft's corporate vice president for worldwide operations. Smith wrote that in addition to the general advantages of a more diverse workforce, Microsoft is getting behind the effort because "people with autism bring strengths that we need at Microsoft ... some have amazing ability to retain information, think at a level of detail and depth or excel in math or code."

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