Doin’ It My Autistic Way: Why Being Self-Employed Was the Logical Solution for Me

• By: Becca Lory Hector, CAS, BCCS Autism and Neurodiversity Researcher/Consultant/Speaker/Author/Advocate Evolving Skye, LLC
• June 25th, 2021
• actually autistic, burnout, employment, self-employment, struggle, Summer 2021 Issue, unwritten rules
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Ah, the wonderful world of work. It’s a marvel, isn’t it? The way we have all indirectly given up our individual freedoms in hot pursuit of the all mighty dollar. The way we semiconsciously reorder our priorities to accommodate all the time and energy this pursuit demands. The years spent...

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...