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Asperger Syndrome, Employment, & Social Security Benefits by Kate
Collins-Wooley, Ph.D. |
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Asperger Syndrome: Put
Those Kids To Work!
by Dan Coulter 2004 |
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Choosing the Right Job for People with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome by
Temple Grandin, Ph.D. |
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'Attentive'
cubicles help workers focus in busy offices
/ An "attentive" office cubicle that blocks
noise and visual distractions when you're trying to work, and then opens
communication channels when you’re ready to socialize, is just one of the
innovative new devices developed by Queen’s University’s Human Media
Laboratory (HML). - Inventions from the Human Media Laboratory to
date have been effective in improving social interactions between
individuals and groups, and in augmenting people’s perceptual capabilities.
The next step, says the HML director, is to develop clinical devices for
treatment of attention-related disorders, by Queens University |
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'Coming of age' - A
job. A place to live. Fun. The Journal News' three-day series, "Coming of
age: The new life of the developmentally disabled,'' which concluded
yesterday, reveals the tenacity of developmentally disabled young adults,
their families and advocates who fought on their behalf, and won. The
result: rightful places in society where they can work, live comfortably and
enjoy themselves. Simple goals not so simply achieved. - Editorial |
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Educational and
Employment Experiences of Adults - Paper by Sarah Boslaugh |
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‘Employment Champions’ for autism sought
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If you have a manager or an
employer who you feel has been a
champion when it comes to employing
people Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
then a national charity wants to hear
from you.
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Getting the Job Done |
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Giving
hope to disadvantaged job seekers by Cathy Carroll |
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Hints For Employers by
Anonymous |
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Job Club rekindles hopes for employment
- For Matthew Connell, this has been a pretty lousy year. He was laid off in
March from his $29,000-a-year call center job for an Internet service
provider. After that, he spent some time learning the home loan brokerage
business, but that effort did not pan out. After running out of savings and
reaching the limit on his credit cards, his family went on welfare in
October. And then last month, an arsonist torched one of the family's
vehicles outside their Carmichael apartment, by Bill Lindelof |
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Jobs & Careers for the
Person on the Autism
Spectrum by About Autism |
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Landmark legal rulings clear up
disability doubts - Two landmark
decisions in the past month have put
the employment rights of disabled
workers at the top of the agenda for
employers, according to a leading law
firm. (UK) |
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NY Firm's
Disabled Workers Serve as an Example And an Inspiration - Thomas
P. Rosicki of Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates has a unique approach for
inspiring his employees. With offices in Carle Place, Central Islip,
Fishkill and Buffalo, the firm, led by Mr. Rosicki and his wife, Cynthia,
employs about 230 people. Ten percent of the workers are disabled, by Andrew
Harris |
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Office Messes by Lisa Belkin |
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Success in supported
employment for people
with learning
difficulties by
Stephanie Jones, Jeff
Morgan, Dé Murphy and
Julia Shearn, is
published for the
Foundation by Pavilion
Publishing |
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Supported Employment
- Learning to Expand the
Social Resources
Available to People with
Severe Disabilities at
Work by John O'Brien |
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Survival
In The Workplace Stephen' Shore's story and some ideas for making it
through the day |
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VOCATIONAL SUPPORTS FOR
INDIVIDUALS WITH ASPERGER SYNDROME / Meeting the Vocational Support
Needs of Individuals with Asperger Syndrome and Other Autism Spectrum
Disabilities. By Eve Müller, Adriana Schuler, Barbara A. Burton,
Gregory B. Yates |
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Why your mentally exhausting job could be good for you - "A new study
indicates that people with the mind-robbing illness are more likely to have
had less mentally challenging jobs than others of the same age who are free
of the disease," by Paul Taylor |
Some
are the melody, some are the rhythm, some are the harmony