The innovators: matching autistic people with jobs needing special skills
by Shane Hickey from on (#7C2M)
Where often the normal recruitment process can fail, Specialisterne helps place people with autism into firms that need workers with a keen eye for detail
Although he enjoyed his first job in software development when he left university in the late 1970s, Thomas Madar found difficulty in fitting in. Like many people on the autistic spectrum, the now 58-year-old had problems in the working world and was dismissed as a poor communicator.
Over the coming years, he went from courses in third-level education to jobs and back again, but sometimes struggled in interviews where, by his own admission, he would not sell himself as someone who was likable and who fitted into teams.
