Asperger Syndrome and Employment : Adults Speak Out about Asperger Syndrome
Organisation
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Author
Edmonds, G and Beardon, L
Detailed Description
Employment is an important part of a healthy, balanced and fulfilling life but less than 20 per cent of people with Asperger Syndrome (AS) are in work at any one time. The adults with AS in this book explore the issues surrounding employment, providing advice and insights for others with AS, as well as their employers and colleagues.
Asperger Syndrome and Employment : Adults Speak Out about Asperger Syndrome
Organisation
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Author
Edmonds, G and Beardon, L
Detailed Description
Employment is an important part of a healthy, balanced and fulfilling life but less than 20 per cent of people with Asperger Syndrome (AS) are in work at any one time. The adults with AS in this book explore the issues surrounding employment, providing advice and insights for others with AS, as well as their employers and colleagues.
Asperger Syndrome and Employment : Adults Speak Out about Asperger Syndrome
Organisation
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Author
Edmonds, G and Beardon, L
Detailed Description
Employment is an important part of a healthy, balanced and fulfilling life but less than 20 per cent of people with Asperger Syndrome (AS) are in work at any one time. The adults with AS in this book explore the issues surrounding employment, providing advice and insights for others with AS, as well as their employers and colleagues.
Filling out benefits' forms can be a nightmare and it sometimes seems as though the forms are designed in such a way as to make it as difficult as it can be. The following tips may make filling out the Disability Living Allowance forms a bit easier.
It is now commonly accepted that the impairments in autistic disorders present with varying degrees, but are linked by some common features. Wing (1996) describes these features as the 'autism triad of impairments'. Autism is now distinguished by the co-occurrence of impairments in social interaction, social communication and social imagination, thus highlighting the social nature of the disorder. The most commonly used diagnostic tools (DSM 1V and ICD 10) are now based on the triad. These common features should ensure that interventions for all children on the autistic spectrum will be based on this triad of impairments, and cater towards the differing levels of these needs presenting in individual children.
