&gt; Sadly, they do it for their own benefit.<p>Around here a consulting company has specialised in this (you don&#x27;t get an interview unless you have an autism spectrum diagnosis) and last I heard it wasn&#x27;t at all sad:<p>Some autistic people with correct skills were paid <i>good money</i> to do things they really liked well like iron out rare bugs in financial services etc.<p>So not only to fill some quota and not taken advantage of. Oh, and said company made good money IIRC.