Creating a Win-Win When Hiring People with Autism: How One Small Company Made it Work

• By: Patricia Rowan, LMSW Kid’s Connection
• April 1st, 2014
• autism employment, employer education, high functioning autism, hiring, job coaching, skills development, supportive work environment, transition to adulthood, workplace inclusion
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A wave of high school and college graduates with talent, ability, and a tremendous capacity to contribute are hitting the job market but they are not getting hired. Recent statistics show that 75% of people with autism spectrum disorders are either unemployed or under employed. Many of those that...

Improving Employment Outcomes for Individuals with Autism

• By: Marcia Scheiner Asperger Syndrome Training and Employment Partnership (ASTEP)
• April 1st, 2014
• Asperger Syndrome, career opportunities, employer education, employment, high functioning autism, job support, unemployment, vocational rehabilitation, workforce inclusion
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In 2013, a study published by Professor Paul Shattuck, then at Washington University, reported on the outcomes for young adults on the autism spectrum. From Shattuck’s study, we learned that just over half (53.4 percent) of the young adults on the autism spectrum surveyed had ever worked for pay...

Workplace Insecurities – Changing the Tide for Adults on the Spectrum

• By: Melanie Goldberg, LMSW UJA-Federation of New York
• April 1st, 2014
• employer education, employment, independent living, job retention, social skills challenges, supported employment, vocational training, workplace inclusion
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At some point, most of us will find ourselves writing a resume, going on an interview and, hopefully, fielding a job offer. We’ll spend most of our adult lives waking up, enduring some kind of commute, performing a series of tasks, returning home — only to repeat the process again the next day....