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Asperger Syndrome and Employment

Asperger Syndrome and Employment

Sarah Hendrickx | John Biddulph

(2008)

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Abstract

The number of adults with Asperger Syndrome retaining full-time employment is extremely low in comparison to those who may be considered to have more limiting conditions and disabilities. This book identifies why this is the case by asking the individuals concerned what they find difficult about working.

Looking at expectations, motivations, working conditions and other factors, Sarah Hendrickx explores the reasons why work just doesn't work for many people with Asperger Syndrome and how to resolve these issues. Featuring personal stories from those with AS, the book highlights successful scenarios and provides suggestions for both employers and those in search of work on how to improve employment for the benefit of everyone.

Asperger Syndrome and Employment provides essential information for those making the decisions and acknowledges what people with AS really want from a job so they can make employment work for them.


Sarah Hendrickx works as a freelance trainer and consultant in autistic spectrum conditions through her own consultancy, Hendrickx Associates. She provides professional training, Expert Witness and employment consultancy to organisations and coaching to individuals, families and couples. She is the author of several books on Asperger syndrome published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers as well as the co-author of Asperger Syndrome – A Love Story written with her partner Keith, who has been diagnosed with AS.
This easy to read book gives a very good insight into Asperger Syndrome. It is specifically related to working environment and investigates why unenployment is disproportionally high. The anecdotal examples are excellent and give a true picture of how varied people are. There is helpful advice for employers and employees, although many tell of working for many years without disclosing their Asperger Syndrome to their employer. I would recommend it to people who work with young people who will soon be out in the working world.
Speech and Language Therapy in Practice
In this book, Sara Hendrickx has done an amazing job of educating not only potential employers but also potential Asperger employees on what they need to know to make this much needed relationship work. I highly recommend this book to parents, employers and individuals with Asperger Syndrome as a place to start in understanding the employment issues involved and supports needed, from a positive rather than negative perspective, before reading other, more detailed "how-to" books on this topic.
www.siautism.net
Another Hendrickx' excellently researched and compiled books, this one is full of first-hand experiences of people in the world od work.Not just people on the spectrum telling you what worked for them and what didn't work for them> their colleagues, bosses and mentors also tell their experiences of working with someone on the spectrum. This is useful because then you can see what the situation looked like from someone else's view.
Asperger United
Where the book really excels in my opinion is when it discusses the training and support aspects of assisting those with AS in the workplace. Hendrickx has invaluable practical experience and affords advantages insight in many different areas.
Aspergermanagement.org

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
A note on currencies
Acronyms
Preface
1. Water and Sanitation
Pumps and pipes: do they really improve the quality of life?
MARTIN BEYER
Not by pumps alone
SUMI KRISHNA
Rural sanitation and development
JOHN PICKFORD
Women as the key to success
MARYL. ELMENDORF and RAYMOND B. ISELY
Achieving success in community projects
CHARLES CHANDLER
2. Health Aspects
Health aspects of water and sanitation
SANDY CAIRNCROSS
How carrying water affects women's health
ANNIE DUFAUT
Oral rehydration therapy: a cure but not a solution
DENISE AYRES
Water management and malaria control
GEORGE DAVIDSON
A lesson about water: schistosomiasis
KENNETH MOTT
3. Safer Water in the Home
Water collection from thatched roofs
NICK HALL
Sanitation for rural housing in Sri Lanka
ANDREW COTTON and RICHARD FRANCEYS
The performance of aquaprivies in Thai refugee camps
ROBIN BIELLICK and PEGGY HENDERSON
Developing designs for toilets: the case of the Maldives
DEEPA NARAYAN-PARKER
7. Other Sanitation
Waste stabilization pond design: some myths behind the science
JEREMY LUMBERS and BOB ANDOH
Urban sullage in developing countries
JOHN ASHWORTH
Why don't we use the night-soil to produce biogas?
PETER-JOHN MEYNELL
Rural health in northern Pakistan
JAMES MUIR
Better sanitation to beat mosquito breeding
from PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Hygienic construction in remote African villages
BILL WOOD
8. Training for Health
Training non-technical workers for rural water and sanitation projects
RAY ISELY and FRED ROSENSWEIG
Training village women as health promoters in Tanzania
KRISTIAN LAUBJERG
Sanitation training in Nepal
VANESSA TOBIN
A demonstration sanitation project in the Gambia
D. M. B. JAGNE
Helping women to help themselves
CHRISTINE VAN WIJK-SIJBESMA
9. Community Education and Participation
Hygiene and literacy
ARNOLD PACEY
Pre-testing posters for communicating about water and sanitation
BOB LINNEY
Communications for low-cost sanitation in Zimbabwe
SUE LAVER
Hygiene and health education in primary schools in Lesotho
VIRGINIA DLANGAMANDLA
JO. Programme planning
Communication and health education planning for sanitation programmes
JOHN HUBLEY
Data collection for the design of water and sanitation projects in Belize
DAN CAMPBELL
Village-level sanitation programmes in Zimbabwe
PETER MORGAN
Planning self-sustaining programmes for sanitation: the Lesotho experience
PHIL EVANS
Low-cost sanitation in a squatter town - mobilizing people
SAMI MUSTAFA
11. Strategies for Improvement
One step at a time: WHO's Minimum Evaluation Procedure for watersupply and sanitation projects
GUNNAR SCHULTZBERG, RICHARD FEACHAM and CAROL MACCORMACK
The latrine acquisition curve: a tool for sanitation evaluation
CHRIS SMITH
Reflections on a rural water-supply project in Zambia
JOANNE HARNMEIJER
The Kisumu Primary Health Care Project
MATHEW ONDURU
Water supply in primary health care: experiences of Amazon Indian communities
JAMIE BARTRAM and WARREN JOHNS
References and further reading