The Autism at Work program, created by SAP, Newtown Square’s software giant, is helping people with autism find employment by overcoming the obstacles of their condition, writes Abigail Abrams for The Washington Post.

SAP decided to start the program three years ago to get more people with autism into its workforce. By 2020, SAP is hoping to have one percent of its global workforce, or around 650 people, coming from the autism spectrum.

One of the beneficiaries of the program, 24-year-old Gloria Mendoza, found it hard to make it past a job interview prior to applying for Autism at Work. During the program, Mendoza received lessons in social skills and participated in five weeks of technical training at SAP’s headquarters near her home in Newtown Square.

Hiring managers at the company were able to assess Mendoza’s skills in a relaxed setting and find a good place for her within SAP. Since then, she has been interning for 10 months, and has been told that she will soon be receiving a full-time job offer.

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