Why Microsoft, Chase and Others Are Hiring More People With AutismIt's good for business, they say: Adding 'neurodiversity' means bringing in employees with particularly coveted skills.

Chargebackloves obsessive employees. The Utah-based company investigates and documents credit card disputes -- every time someone claims a card was used without their permission -- and so its analysts must be persistent and nitpicky, with a sharp eye for detail that not everyone has.

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That's why its president, Khalid El-Awady, recentlyhireda 36-year-old analyst named Carrie Tierney. She breezed throughtrainingand handles technical data, computer requirements and repetitive tasks with ease, in about half the time new analysts usually take. "We've been very, very impressed," says El-Awady. The experience has convinced him to consider more employees with Tierney's abilities -- and, by medical textbook standards, disabilities.