The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that approximately one in 59 children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. For those on the spectrum, the odds are against them going to college and working. The unemployment rate for autistic adults remains disproportionally high, with nearly half of 25-year-olds with autism never having held a job.
Some companies are now hiring more individuals on the spectrum, recognizing that autistic adults can be valuable employees, and neurodiversity can be beneficial to the workplace. But doing so requires a lot of support and training for these young people, some of it starting at the high school level. The Knowledge@Wharton radio show on SiriusXM invited two experts to talk about this employment trend and what it means for both autistic adults and the companies that hire them
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/autism-employment/