Implementing Common Sense Practices to Improve the Psychological and Emotional Safety of Autistic Adults in the Workplace

• By: Heidi Stieglitz Ham, PhD Spectrum Fusion
• June 25th, 2021
• accommodation, adults, disclosure, emotional safety, employment, invalidation, psychological safety, struggle, Summer 2021 Issue, sustaining employment, trauma, trust, unemployment, workplace
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I hired five adults on the autism spectrum. Am I a hero? No. Do I have all of the answers? No. However, after years of actively listening to autistic adults describe their emotional struggles whilst they desperately tried to maintain employment in the traditional workplace, I am committed to taking...