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Banks wake up to benefits of hiring autistic people

Goldman, Deutsche and JPMorgan are actively seeking to recruit people with autism amid the struggle to lure tech workers

Banks are seeing the advantages of hiring the differently abled
Banks are seeing the advantages of hiring the differently abled Photo: Chris Madden / Getty Images

Since Jonathan Andrews was diagnosed with autism at age nine, he says he has faced many negative stereotypes and people with “outdated or inaccurate views” of his condition. Despite that, last year, Andrews landed a training contract at City law firm Reed Smith.

His employer is one of a number of companies who are not only open to hiring people with autism, they are actively seeking these people out, partly because of the view they excel at certain tasks.

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