At 3, Haley Moss was diagnosed with autism and doctors thought she may never be able to work a minimum wage job or live on her own. Last month, she became the first autistic person to be admitted to the Florida Bar.

She graduated from the University of Miami School of Law and passed the Florida Bar, Haley also published multiple books, lives independently and works at a top law firm in Miami.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Lisa Walsh administered the oath to Moss at her Jan. 11 swearing-in ceremony in Miami.

Joseph Zumpano is a co-founder and managing shareholder of Zumpano Patricios, the Coral Gables-based law firm founded in 2003 that offered Moss a job before she passed the bar exam. He said his firm’s practice areas, which include anti-terrorism and managed care law, are “intrinsically related” to his decision to hire Moss.

Moss and Zumpano offered a few points of advice for potential employers of people who may be living with autism or other diagnoses.

“To employers, I would say ‘don’t put limits,’ and ‘you’re investing in what someone can do, and you need to look at what people can do as opposed to what they might not be able to do,'” Moss said. “A disability generally is not all-encompassing, it is just part of who someone is, not everything they are. Everyone is unique, everyone has strengths and weaknesses and everyone has talent.”