Employment for Individuals With Asperger

Consumer guide for those with non-verbal learning disability or Asperger syndrome and offers practical advice and recommendations for becoming employed. Discusses job hunting, interview techniques, and more. Offers real-life examples. Softcover.

List of Tables

8

(1)

Acknowledgements

9

(1)

Disclaimer

9

(2)

Introduction

11

(24)

Part I Career Voices

NLD Voices

I Should Have Listened

35

(4)

Peter

The Lawyer

39

(4)

The Long Road

43

(5)

Charlene A. Derby

The Research Associate

48

(4)

The Professor

52

(8)

For the Love of Books

60

(6)

Try, Try Again

66

(5)

Kim Stocum

The Corporate Backpacker

71

(7)

Lisa Marti

Teaching

78

(4)

Debbie Green

As Voices

The Prodigal Son

82

(7)

The Eccentric

89

(5)

The Transcriptionist

94

(5)

Great Expectations

99

(9)

Survival in the Workplace

108

(7)

Stephen Shore

The Salesman

115

(7)

Jeff

The Graduate

122

(4)

In Pursuit of Approval

126

(4)

The Entrepreneur

130

(7)

Part II Career Strategies

Planning for a Career

Career Planning for the AS/NLD Individual

137

(19)

Career Counseling for the NLD/AS World

156

(9)

Marcia Brown Rubinstien

Transitioning from School to Work

165

(6)

James Emmett

Karen Steffan

Yvona Fast

Finding a Job

A Short Intro to Job Hunting

171

(2)

Presenting Yourself in Print

173

(2)

Showcase Your Work: Using a Professional Portfolio to Advance your Career

175

(5)

Presenting Yourself in Person

180

(7)

How to Survive the Job Interview

187

(4)

Lawrence M. Blim

Questions to Ask at the Job Interview

191

(2)

Maintaining a Career

The Employer's Perspective on Hiring People with NLD/AS

193

(7)

Lawrence M. Blim

Your First Hundred Days

200

(7)

Work Issues

207

(11)

Major Hurdles: Sociability and Communication

218

(14)

More Hurdles

232

(14)

A Few Lists

246

(4)

Disclosing: If, When, and How to Do It

250

(7)

Some Commandments for an Employer who is Working with an NLD Employee

257

(2)

Jennifer Lerner

Strategies for Successful Employment

259

(3)

Debbie Green

Workplace Bullying and the NLD/AS Individual

262

(19)

Lana Kapchinsky

Gerriann Fox

You Have a Bad Attitude

281

(3)

Alice E. Gerard

Vocational Rehabilitation Programs and the NLD/AS Individual

284

(11)

I Have a Dream

295

(2)

Individual Employee Plan

297

(3)

Judy Lewis

Debbie Green

Career Choices

300

(28)

Part III Resources

Disability Resources

305

(15)

Career Resources

320

(8)

Bibliography

328

(2)

Subject Index

330

(6)

Author Index

336

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