Autism works
Subtitle: a guide to successful employment across the entire spectrum
By: Adam Feinstein
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780815369318; 9780815369486
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Autistic people; People with disabilities; Employment; Discrimination in employment
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The importance of being employed. The paucity of research; title: Transitioning from education to work; title: Which job, and why?. Choosing a job : an overview (and a demolition of the stereotypes); title: Unpaid work, and internships; title: Self-employment; title: Matching skills to jobs; title: Public-service jobs; title: Other job openings; title: Applying for a job. Before the interview; title: To disclose or not to disclose? the pros and cons; title: The interview; title: Advice to employers; title: Holding down a job. Research findings; title: The "hidden curriculum" of the workplace; title: Sensory issues; title: Executive dysfunction; title: The importance (and dangers) of literal language in the workplace; title: Bullying, harassment and discrimination in the workplace; title: What employers should know : reasonable adjustments in the workplace; title: Examples of good practice by employers; title: Neurodiversity in the workplace. Embracing difference; title: Examples of good practice; title: Gender in the workplace : the costs of camouflage. What the research tells us; title: The implications for employment; title: Employment schemes that work in the UK. By way of introduction; title: Where to go?.