Category Archives: Employment

How to deal with bullying in the workplace

A recent post asked for advice on how to deal with bullying at work. Here’s our reply. First, what is a bully? A bully is someone who hurts or frightens someone else, often over a period of time. Bullying can be physical, such as actual attacks to your person, or causes distress and discomfort through language and attitude. Even ‘small’ things can beContinue reading “How to deal with bullying in the workplace”

Challenges to Accessing Employment

The benefits of employment have been stated clearly, have been understood for some time and have no bearing on ability or disability. These benefits are: However, the transition from being unemployed to employment is daunting and the statistics surrounding autism and employment do not make for good reading:  There are estimated to be 332,600 autisticContinue reading “Challenges to Accessing Employment”

Game-Based Cognitive Assessments

1/4Willis et al, 2021 Full article: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-3200/9/4/53 AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without usWho: Willis and colleaguesWhere: Journal of IntelligencePublished: 2021Title: Examining the Use of Game-Based Assessments for Hiring Autistic Job Seekers Game-Based Assessments for Job Recruitment This paper wanted to explore whether “game-based assessments” may offer a way to assess candidate ability for job rolesContinue reading “Game-Based Cognitive Assessments”

Impact of autism disclosure on interview outcome

1/8 Full paper: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/epdf/10.1089/aut.2020.0075 AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without usWho: Flower and colleaguesJournal: Autism in AdulthoodPublished: 2021Title: Barriers to Employment: Raters’ Perceptions of Male Autistic and Non-Autistic Candidates During a Simulated Job Interview and the Impact of Diagnostic Disclosure Autism Diagnosis in Interview Autistic adults are overwhelmingly under- or unemployed, despite the evidence that autisticContinue reading “Impact of autism disclosure on interview outcome”

Strengths in the Workplace

1/18 Full paper: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/epdf/10.1089/aut.2021.0037 AccessibleAcademia Nothing about us without usWho: Cope & RemingtonJournal: Autism in AdulthoodPublished: 2021Title: The Strengths and Abilities of Autistic People in the Workplace Strengths & Abilities of Autistic People in the Workplace Despite wanting to work, autistic people are often under- or unemployed. In the UK, 22% of autistic adults areContinue reading “Strengths in the Workplace”

Towards Accessible Remote Working

1/37 AccessibleAcademia Who: Das & colleaguesJournal: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer InteractionPublished: 2021Title: Towards Accessible Remote Work: Understanding Work-from-Home Practices of Neurodivergent Professionals Full paper: https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3449282 Working from Home This paper wanted to look into how neurodivergent people, including autistic people, engaged with remote working “getting any work done during a pandemic is byContinue reading “Towards Accessible Remote Working”

Ecosystem of Autistic Employment

1/22 AccessibleAcademia Who: Klag & colleaguesJournal: Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social ServicesPublished: 2021Title: Creating a Resilient Ecosystem for the Employment of Autistic Individuals: From Understanding to Action Full paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10443894211017397 Employment Authors:one autistic individual (SM)one social workerone family member of autistic individual Autistic people are often unemployed, underemployed, or employed in positionsContinue reading “Ecosystem of Autistic Employment”

Congratulations! You’re Autistic! Now What?

Congratulations! You’re autistic!Now what? Overview What does this mean for me? -3Meltdowns, Shutdowns, Burnouts -6Social Communication -8Sensory Sensitivities and Stimming -10Camouflage & un-masking -13Mental health -19Physical health -20Relationships -21Workplace Support -22Personal Support -23 What does this mean for me? Receiving a diagnosis of autism later in life can be a strange and stressful experience. However,Continue reading “Congratulations! You’re Autistic! Now What?”