Asperger Syndrome and Employment (eBook, ePUB)

Adults Speak Out about Asperger Syndrome
Redaktion: Edmonds, Genevieve; Beardon, Luke

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is the book we need for guidance on employment for people with Asperger's syndrome. The contributors describe their employment experiences and offer sound advice. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the success stories and took note of the words of warning of what not to do.'

- Professor Tony Attwood

Employment is an important part of a healthy, balanced and fulfilling life but less than 20 per cent of people with Asperger Syndrome (AS) are in work at any one time. The adults with AS in this book explore the issues surrounding employment, providing advice and insights for others with AS, as well as their employers and colleagues.

Drawing on personal experience and lessons learned, Asperger Syndrome and Employment looks at:

* the transition from education to employment,

* the importance of matching skills to career choices,

* practical coping strategies for employees with AS in the workplace,

* advice for employers, including the need to make `reasonable adjustments' to avoid discrimination,

* ways in which employment services ought to work for people with AS.

This is essential reading for adults with AS, their family and friends, employment services and career advisers, and companies needing to know how, in practical terms, to accommodate employees with AS.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846427701
• Artikelnr.: 38356697

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Series. Genevieve Edmonds. Introduction. Luke Beardon 1.
Employment for People with Asperger Syndrome: What's Needed? Giles Harvey.
2. The Job Needs to Work for the Worker. PJ Hughes. 3. Experiences of
Employment and Stress Before My Diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome. Alexandra
Brown. 4. `How Do You Communicate that You Have a Communication
Problem...When You Have a Communication Problem?' Asperger Syndrome and
Employment. Neil Shepherd. 5. Case Study by an Employee with Asperger
Syndrome and His Line Manager. Dean Worton and Paul Binks. 6. The World of
Work (Is Not Another Planet) and My Journey to Get There. Dr John Biddulph.
7. Finding, Applying For and Starting a Job. Mark Haggarty. 8. What I Have
Learned from 25 Years of Employment. Steve Jarvis. 9. Asperger Syndrome and
Employment: My Experiences and Observations. Anne Henderson. 10. What
Aspies Need to Know When Working in the Neurotypical Environment. Cornish.
11. A Melmacian in the Workplace: Asperger Syndrome for Employers. Chris
Mitchell. 12. Surviving the Workplace: Asperger Syndrome at Work. Stuart
Vallantine. 13. The Importance of Motivation and Clear Communication at
Work. Vicky Bliss. 14. Continuing to Search for the Rights Job for Me.
Philip Bricher. 15. I'm Just So Willing to Work. Emma Beard. List of
Contributors. Index.