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Why I Think Autistic People Make Good Managers/Employees

livestrong123

Hope you find this of interest.

 

Why I Think Autistic People Make Good Managers (Or At Least Good Workers)

I recently wrote about the benefits of having autistic people in society (if you’ve not  read it, then can I suggest you do before you carry on with this), now I want to move on to more specifically why I think autistic people make good managers/employees in the workplace.

Generally, autistic people are very good at what they do, due to their tendency to narrowly focus on their interests. For example, Pip Brown aka Ladyhawke is a talented musician with Asperger syndrome. Therefore, if autistic people can combine their interests with work it is a win-win situation. Another example is Bill Gates. He is the multi-billionaire owner of the Microsoft Corporation and he is rumoured to be autistic due to his strong interest in computer programming.

I think that autistic people would be the best candidates to help manage businesses that specialise in their interests. They would be able to bring a methodical and efficient approach to working practices and help employees out whenever problems arise. This would clearly have a great impact on the way a business co-ordinates its activities in the long run. This is also likely to lead to greater employee satisfaction as a result of autistic people being able to notice problems occurring before they become too difficult to handle. Greater employee satisfaction means happier staff and happier bosses (hopefully!).

Autistic people are very good at being honest and seeing reality for what it is. This would be very helpful in problem-solving situations for companies. That is probably why there are a lot of people with autistic traits that work in the field of engineering. Also, autistic people are very good at completing tasks and progressing onto more challenging activities. For me, this means that they shouldn’t be restricted to doing just one type of role within a company, but possibly work across a whole range of departments in order to help staff whenever they feel they can. Better still, autistic people could work for several employers at a time to help out whenever they can yet again to make sure business activities are going to plan. Anything is possible!

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

  • I had a University lecturer who I am sure had asperger's, which is probably why I enjoyed his lessons so much (birds of one feather flock together!). He never made eye contact, lectured with his eyes half closed, rocked back and forth in his chair  and constantly doodled on a piece of paper. He was often late for lectures, and he would pace back and forth outside the room while humming.  He was married to the head of humanities, and she told us that he once walked out of the cinema because he could not fathom what was going on!. He taught postmodernism, a very obscure subject that contains a lot of 'non-sense'!.  But I loved listening to his sleep-inducing voice, and felt a great affinity with him (this was before I received my AS diagnosis).

  • Hi IW, just wanted to point you in the direction of a discussion about travel problems in the 'Living with autism' area of the forum.

    http://community.autism.org.uk/discussions/health-wellbeing/living-spectrum/transport-especially-stations-trains

    Think you'll find it interesting to read and it seems many other people experience problems with tube and train travel and the level of training offered to staff.

     

  • My son has a Disabled Railcard as he uses it regularly fro travel between home and university. Recently his sister graduated and has moved to London. He was fortunate to attend a Summer School at UCL and stay with her.

    However I had great difficulty in finding out whether he would be eligible for discounts on travel with an Oyster Card. I rang Oyster 3 times before I got someone who said it was available and explain how to get his Railcard registered to an Oyster card for off peak discounts. Where to go to get it done and how his card would be safe and be replaced if lost or stolen. He handed it in on his return home and got a refund of his unused credit.

    He went down a couple of weeks ago and asked for a pay as you go Oyster and was sold a 7 day pass. I have complained and await reimbursement from TFL. I went ith him on our last visit and saw for myself hpw some staff really need training. I had a copy of the Railcard discounts and he was still told to go to a mainline stattion rather than be sold an oyster card at the station at Walthamstow, he was sold a day ticket to get him to Liverpool Street where he bought an oyster card as above. However, no-one was aware that an adult can travel with a disabled railcard user at a child rate of £3 per day. If I did not have the details with me I would not have been believed.  I have approached TFL to ask for staff to be better trained especially with the Olmypics and Para-Olympics next year. Has anyone else encountered problems?

     

     

     

     

  • I quite agree and what's more, I can think of quite a few senior colleagues who show the general characteristics of ASD.  I wonder what percentage of the population would need to be diagnosed before people stop thinking of the ASD attribute as a disability?