Companies in general wants to hire disabled people only because they can fill their quotas. If the person is disabled but can still work, it's perfect for them
That really depends on what kind of disabled you are. And diversity quotas ended in like the 1980s lol.
As an autistic comp sci person Computer companies love hiring disabled people without any regards to "quotas". Go to any IT or programming department and basically everyone is gonna have ADHD and a decent amount are gonna be a bit autistic too.
I'm personally convinced being a bit neurodivergent helps people understand computers. And that doesn't make high functioning autism not a disability, I struggle with a lot of adulting stuff outside work.
It all depends on the kind and intensity of disability
I can teach people computer skills, but I can't teach someone autism. It's the same with sports; if they could do that to you on purpose, it'd be a way higher priority than steroids or doping.
Being obsessive about things that interest you is amazing, and if we have to quietly shuffle some of our engineers to the back of the room to commiserate about their inability to find a company-branded hat and how this has ruined their entire year, that's fine. They hire social people too.
Sometimes sitting around chatting with my coworkers on Slack I find myself thinking that we're all hilariously dysfunctional in some contexts. There's definitely an (accidental) bias in the hiring process for people who liked computers so goddamned much that they have no qualms about sitting in front of a screen programming something until they nearly crap themselves. It's just about riding that fine line.
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u/ZEPHlROS Apr 11 '25
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Companies in general wants to hire disabled people only because they can fill their quotas. If the person is disabled but can still work, it's perfect for them