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Boyfriend was quirky. but, you know, ithought, well, there are lots of people that are quirky out there and maybe myself quirky. but as the years went by, i started to really realise that there was something different. and so when i came across that article, i was actually shocked to see that most of what they were talking about fitted with the behaviour that lars had been showing throughout the years. and just briefly, when you saw that article and you started reading, i guess, you know, diagno...

And then i called lars and i did the test on him and it showed that he might be on the autistic spectrum and thats when we started the process rolling. isabel, im going to ask you to put lars back in front of the camera. a real pleasure. thank you for your time. thank you very much. thank you. there you go. welcome back, lars. so, lars, once you got the diagnosis, i want to ask you, how did you feel when you realised it? it was a bit of a mixed feeling. i mean, first of all, and the biggest of a...

That is all too true. but there are also very many kind people that are able and willing, sometimes even quite eager to help, and perhaps be yourself. its very, very difficult... difficult to ask of autistic people, since its very difficult to know yourself. but, at least dont try to be someone who you are not which is called masking, which is very common among autistic people. the simplest advice is just do your best. thats all anyone can ask of you, as long as you do your best. wonderful advic...

Of commerce, about their skills gap findings. plus, i speak to these two. there they are, lars backstrom, an autistic data analyst, and kurt schaeffer, who runs the biggest company in the world with a majority of autistic staff, more than 400 in his company alone. also on the show, the big boss of one of the worlds largestjobs companies, recruit holdings, which operates in 60 countries, joins me to talk about how to fill the skills gap and how to spot lies on peoples job applications. wherever y...

Work. school. family life as we know it. yes, everywhere. yes, idid. with alienation, isolation, even bullying and harassment. lars, whats the biggest challenge that you find in the workplace? oh, thats an easy answer. social aspects. i like to consider myself actually quite social, but i dont understand social interaction and i send conflicting signals to the people around me. so it is a kind of a mutual misunderstanding. and also ijust have extreme difficulties with office politics. im just cu...

Lars backstrom, a real pleasure having you on the show. and lars, let me start with this, because you werent diagnosed until you were something like 51 years old. how did you come to realise that you are autistic? i had always felt... alienated. i had always wondered why things, especially social things, they were easy for other people, but appeared so difficult for me. but i never really suspected it. and also i had been receiving counselling for most of my adult life and neither of my counsell...

Lars was placed in hisjob through a company called auti con. its an international information technology firm that exclusively employs autistic adults as it consultants. they have more than 400 autistic employees. in fact, it is the largest neurodiverse majority company in the world.

When you know the cause, then you can start thinking, "what can we do about this?" now i had something to work on, so i started studying and researching about autism. lars, did you have problems at work before your diagnosis? work. school. family life as we know it. yes, everywhere. yes, idid. with alienation, isolation, even bullying and harassment. lars, whats the biggest challenge that you find in the workplace? oh, thats an easy answer. social aspects. i like to consider myself actually quit...

Its not an indication that you have autism, but its an indication that you might have and you might want to talk to your gp about it for a referral." and then i called lars and i did the test on him and it showed that he might be on the autistic spectrum and thats when we started the process rolling. isabel, im going to ask you to put lars back in front of the camera. a real pleasure. thank you for your time. thank you very much. thank you. there you go. welcome back, lars. so, lars, once you go...

Actually my wife. one day she was web surfing and she came across an article about autism in adults in 2013. and she started thinking, "that does very much look like my husband." lars, im going to do something i never, never usually do. isabel, your wife, shes next to you, isnt she? yeah. can i have a quick word with her? well, yes, by all means. yeah, come on in, isabel. hi, isabel. hello. hello, isabel. lovely to have you and to see you. thank you. let me just ask you this. so you were doing t...