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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 |
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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 |