By Robert D. Austin, Gary P. Pisano — 2017
Many people with neurological conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and dyslexia have extraordinary skills, including in pattern recognition, memory, and mathematics. Yet they often struggle to fit the profiles sought by employers.
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An in-person semester means a more eventful college lifestyle and an outbreak of widespread perfectionism.
Good teachers helped me to achieve success. I was able to overcome autism because I had good teachers.
Jobs need to be chosen that make use of the strengths of people with autism or Asperger’s syndrome.
I’m the first to admit that for many years, I was a bit emotionally needy. Not in a crazy, desperate way, but in the way that many of us are. I wanted someone else to make me happy, blamed others for my unhappiness, sought to fulfill my emotional needs through others.
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