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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 autistic…
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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 roles…
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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 autistic…
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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 are…
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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 by…
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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 positions…
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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,…