Finding the best and brightest workers is the goal ofprofessional services company EY, and with 260,000 employees across the globe, it’s a search that takes them across the world.

Yet two years ago, they found a talent pool often ignored and dismissed by many employers.

“We identified a huge population of very bright, well-educated people,” EY’s Dallas office managing partner Michelle Vopni said. “Their IQs were high and they had graduate degrees in their field.”

But despite their acumen and qualifications, those workers had jobs they were overqualified for or even unemployed. Vopni knows why.

“The way they communicate or express themselves is different from others,” she said.

She is talking about workers on the autism spectrum. Though qualified and intelligent, difficulty with communication or job interviews might leave them overlooked and passed over.

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