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Newsvine - jamie-spechthttp://www.newsvine.com/jamie-spechtNewsvine - jamie-spechten-usCopyright 2013Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:25:39 +0000Wed, 22 May 2013 03:16:59 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssStartup company succeeds at hiring autistic adults http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/21/7870644-startup-company-succeeds-at-hiring-autistic-adultshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/21/7870644-startup-company-succeeds-at-hiring-autistic-adultsushealthatworkautismrick-alexanderkatie-levinbrian-tozzojamie-spechtrider-hallensteinWed, 21 Sep 2011 07:12:45 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post

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In this photo taken Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, Aspiritech co-founder Moshe Weitzberg works with employees at the nonprofit enterprise that specializes in finding software bugs, as they test a new program in Highland Park, Ill. Aspiritech hires only people with autism disorders. Traits that make great software testers _intense focus, comfort with repetition, memory for detail — also happen to be characteristics of autism. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)In this photo taken Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, Aspiritech co-founder Moshe Weitzberg, standing left, works with employees, from left, Katie Levin, Rick Alexander and Jamie Specht, at the nonprofit enterprise that specializes in finding software bugs as they test a new program in Highland Park, Ill. Aspiritech hires only people with autism disorders. Traits that make great software testers _intense focus, comfort with repetition, memory for detail — also happen to be characteristics of autism. Marc Lazar, Aspertech's autism specialist works in the background. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)In this photo taken Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, Aspiritech co-founder Moshe Weitzberg works with employee Katie Levin, reflected in a computer screen, at the nonprofit enterprise that specializes in finding software bugs, as they test a new program in Highland Park, Ill. Aspiritech hires only people with autism disorders. Traits that make great software testers _intense focus, comfort with repetition, memory for detail — also happen to be characteristics of autism. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)In this photo taken Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, Marc Lazar, autism specialist for Aspiritech, a nonprofit enterprise that specializes in finding software bugs, works with employee Alan Sun, as they test a new program in Highland Park, Ill. Aspiritech hires only people with autism disorders. Traits that make great software testers _intense focus, comfort with repetition, memory for detail — also happen to be characteristics of autism. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)to be characteristics of autism. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)In this photo taken Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, employees Oran Weitzberg, left, and Rick Alexander, celebrate a breakthrough, at Aspiritech, a nonprofit enterprise that specializes in finding software bugs, as they test a new program in Highland Park, Ill. Aspiritech hires only people with autism disorders. Traits that make great software testers _intense focus, comfort with repetition, memory for detail — also happen to be characteristics of autism. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)In this photo taken Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, Aspiritech employees, from left, Rick Alexander, Katie Levin, and Jamie Specht work together at the nonprofit enterprise that specializes in finding software bugs as they test a new program in Highland Park, Ill. Aspiritech hires only people with autism disorders. Traits that make great software testers _intense focus, comfort with repetition, memory for detail — also happen to be characteristics of autism. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)In this photo taken Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, Aspiritech co-founder Moshe Weitzberg works with his son, Oran, an employee at the nonprofit enterprise that specializes in finding software bugs, as they test a new program in Highland Park, Ill. Aspiritech hires only people with autism disorders. Traits that make great software testers _intense focus, comfort with repetition, memory for detail — also happen to be characteristics of autism. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)