The Autism Full Employment Act : the next stage of jobs for adults with autism, ADHD, and other learning and mental health differences / Michael Bernick and Louis A. Vismara, MD.
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TextPublisher: New York : Skyhorse Publishing, [2021]Description: xiii, 189 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781510767324
- 1510767320
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Impactful and integral to our economic recovery after the pandemic, The Autism Full Employment Act will rebuild and improve autism employment programs.
Employment remains the issue today for many adults with autism. During the pandemic of 2020, authors Michael Bernick and Dr. Lou Vismara, along with other adults with autism, practitioners, and advocates, set out to develop an Autism Full Employment Act. At the time, the national economy was decimated, and it was clear that it would need to be rebuilt, starting in 2021 and beyond. The Act is an attempt not only to rebuild autism employment programs, but also to address the limitations and shortcomings of the current system.
The Autism Full Employment Act shows how there can be a place in the job world for the wide range of adults with autism, ADHD, and other learning and mental health differences--many of whom are not employed today. Bernick and Dr. Vismara review the autism employment initiatives in recent years among major employers, state and local governments, autism-focused businesses, and autism transition programs, and present strategies to build on these initiatives. They set out more fully the meanings of "autism talent advantage," "autism friendly workplace," and "employment for the more severely impacted."
Six broad strategy areas are explored. Interspersed with these six strategy areas are notes on related issues of "professionalizing the direct support workforce," "transitions," and "comorbidities." Bernick and Dr. Vismara end by considering why no government action or program can replace the employment journey of each adult with autism, but how instead the Act can hasten these journeys.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Bernick and Dr. Vismara review the autism employment initiatives in recent years among major employers, state and local governments, autism-focused businesses, and autism transiƯtion programs, and present strategies to build on these initiatives"-- Provided by publisher
The Autism Full Employment Act: an overview -- The act and employment in the lives of adults with autism -- Autism employment and initiatives among private sector employers: large and small -- Autism "Talent Advantage" -- Arthur Miller's son -- The autism job clubs and mutual support -- "Autism Friendly" workplace culture -- Autism employment in state and local governments -- Professionalizing the direct support workforce -- Autism-focused businesses -- Employment for the more severely impacted in the autism community -- "Falling of the cliff" and transition -- Lessons Learned from Mark: a personal story -- Comorbidities and mental health conditions -- Oliver Sacks' lost brother -- What of adults with autism without support networks? -- Our individual job journeys in 2021 and beyond -- Your role in autism employment.