Asperger Syndrome and Employment: Adults Speak Out About Asperger Syndrome

180 Pages·2008·0.681 MB·English

by  Genevieve Edmonds (Editor), Luke Beardon (Editor)

Asperger
Syndrome
and
Employment
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ISBN9781843106470
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Asperger
Syndrome
and
Employment
Adults Speak Out
about Asperger
Syndrome
Edited by Genevieve Edmonds and Luke Beardon
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Contents
Preface to the Series 9
Genevieve Edmonds
Introduction 11
Luke Beardon
1. Employment for People with Asperger Syndrome:
What’s Needed? 19
Giles Harvey
2. The Job Needs to Work for the Worker 31
PJ Hughes
3. Experiences of Employment and Stress Before
My Diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome 42
Alexandra Brown
4. ‘How Do You Communicate that You Have a Communication
Problem…When You Have a Communication Problem?’
Asperger Syndrome and Employment 54
Neil Shepherd
5. Case Study by an Employee with Asperger Syndrome
and His Line Manager 67
Dean Worton and Paul Binks
6. The World of Work (Is Not on Another Planet) and
my Journey to Get There 80
Dr John Biddulph
7. Finding, Applying For and Starting a Job 98
Mark Haggarty
8. What I have Learned from 25 Years of Employment 109
Steve Jarvis
9. Asperger Syndrome and Employment: My Experiences
and Observations 114
Anne Henderson
10. What Aspies Need to Know When Working in the
Neurotypical Environment 118
Cornish
11. A Melmacian in the Workplace: Asperger Syndrome
for Employers 128
Chris Mitchell
12. Surviving the Workplace: Asperger Syndrome at Work 135
Stuart Vallantine
13. The Importance of Motivation and Clear Communication
at Work 152
Vicky Bliss
14. Continuing to Search for the Right Job for Me 162
Philip Bricher
15. I’m Just So Willing to Work 165
Emma Beard
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 168
INDEX 171
Acknowledgements
To all the authors contributing to the series – many
thanks for your time and effort in helping to
produce these books.
Dedication
To all those individuals with AS who have shared
their lives with us; we are forever indebted to you
all. (Genevieve Edmonds and Luke Beardon)