Neurodiversity in the workplace can be a gift. Yet only 15% of adults with an autism spectrum condition (ASC) are in full-time employment. This book examines how the working environment can embrace autistic people in a positive way.The author highlights common challenges in the workplace for people with ASC, such as discrimination and lack of communication or the right kind of support from managers and colleagues, and provides strategies for changing them. Setting out practical, reasonable adjustments such as a quiet room or avoiding disruption to work schedules, this book demonstrates how day to day changes in the workplace can make it more inclusive and productive for all employees.Autism in the Workplace is intended for any person with an interest in changing working culture to ensure equality for autistic people. It is an essential resource for employers, managers, trade unionists, people with ASCs and their workmates and supporters.
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Acknowledgements. Foreword by John McDonnell MP. Introduction. 1. Autism in the Workplace. 2. Ten Barriers in the Way of Autistic Workers. 3. Remove those Barriers. 4. Autism, Work and the Law. 5. Organising for Change. References. Index.
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Neurodiversity in the workplace can be a gift. Yet only 15% of adults with an autism spectrum condition (ASC) are in full-time employment. This book examines how the working environment can embrace autistic people in a positive way. The author highlights common challenges in the workplace for people with ASC, such as discrimination and lack of communication or the right kind of support from managers and colleagues, and provides strategies for changing them. Setting out practical, reasonable adjustments, this book demonstrates how day-to-day changes in the workplace can make it more inclusive and productive for all employees.
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A practical handbook for employers, trade unions and individuals with ASCs covering the issues that arise in the workplace

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781849056786
Publisert
2016-04-21
Utgiver
Vendor
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Vekt
176 gr
Høyde
212 mm
Bredde
137 mm
Dybde
8 mm
Aldersnivå
P, G, 06, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Foreword by

Biographical note

Janine Booth is a workplace trade union representative and Co-Chair of the TUC Disabled Workers' Committee. She is autistic, and has an autistic son, and is a walking advertisement for autism in the workplace. Janine wrote the TUC Disabled Workers' Conference policy on Autism in the Workplace and runs training events for the Workers' Educational Association and for trade unions.