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""They have a real passion for detail," Mark Grein, executive director at Specialisterne, said in an interview from Stamford, Connecticut. "They tend to be very good at following a process, improving a process, optimizing a process." SAP SE, the German software maker, has hired 53 workers worldwide since 2012 through its Autism at Work program and is aiming for 1% of its staff, currently at 74,500, by 2020. "We do have clear anecdotal evidence of business benefits from our pilot program," including gains in productivity, quality, customer relations, people management and innovation, said Jose Velasco, who heads SAP's autism program in the U.S."