Employment for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome Or Non-verbal Learning Disability: Stories and Strategies

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004 - 336 páginas
Most people with Non-Verbal Learning Disorder (NLD) or Asperger Syndrome (AS) are underemployed. This book sets out to change this. With practical and technical advice on everything from job hunting to interview techniques, from 'fitting in' in the workplace to whether or not to disclose a diagnosis, this book guides people with NLD or AS successfully through the employment mine field. There is also information for employers, agencies and careers counsellors on AS and NLD as 'invisible' disabilities, including an analysis of the typical strengths of somebody with NLD or AS, and how to use these positively in the workplace. Practical information and lists of career resources are supported by numerous case studies to inspire and advise. An essential resource for people with NLD or AS seeking or in employment and their existing or potential employers.
 

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LIST OF TABLES
9
Finding a
14
Should Have Listened
35
The Long Road Charlene A Derby
43
The Professor
52
For the Love of Books
60
Try Try Again Kim Stocum
66
Teaching
78
Presenting Yourself in Person
180
How to Survive the Job Interview
187
Questions to Ask at the Job Interview
191
Maintaining a Career 28 The Employers Perspective on Hiring People with NLDAS
193
Your First Hundred Days
200
Work Issues
207
Sociability and Communication
218
More Hurdles
232

The Prodigal Son
82
The Eccentric
89
Great Expectations
99
Survival in the Workplace
108
The Salesman 2
115
The Graduate
122
The Entrepreneur
130
Career Planning for the ASNLD Individual
137
Career Counseling for the NLDAS World
156
Transitioning from School to Work
165
A Short Intro to Job Hunting
171
Presenting Yourself in Print
173
Using a Professional
175
A Few Lists
246
If When and How to Do It
250
Some Commandments for an Employer who is working with an NLD Employee
257
Strategies for Successful Employment Debbie Green
259
Workplace Bullying and the NLDAS Individual
262
You Have a Bad Attitude Alice E Gerard
281
Individual Employee Plan
297
Resources
303
Career Resources
320
BIBLIOGRAPHY
328
AUTHOR INDEX
336
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Yvona Fast lives in Lake Clear, New York. She has NLD and has worked as a librarian and missionary and is now a freelance writer. Her invited contributors are experts in their field.

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