Employment of Persons with Autism

This scoping review furnishes the reader with a contemporary overview of research about employment conditions related to persons on the autism spectrum. In this book six guiding questions are used to address various aspects of employment for persons on the autism spectrum, including job opportunities, removing barriers to employment, becoming successful at work, and management issues for employers working with people on the autism spectrum. The contents of this scoping review can appeal to many different readers. Persons on the autism spectrum can learn about proven strategies that they can use to maximise their success in the workplace. Employers, tertiary students, and lay people can learn methods that they can use to help employees on the autism spectrum obtain and maintain employment. Finally, researchers can learn about the current limitations of our knowledge about the autism spectrum and employment.

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Matthew Bennett holds a PhD in Disability Studies from Flinders University, South Australia. His PhD examined the life experiences of adults who live on autism spectrum. Specifically, he has explored the education, depression, employment, and intimate relationships of adults with Asperger's syndrome. He has also lectured in Disability Studies at Griffith University, Queensland. Matthew is an active advocate for the rights of people on the autism spectrum.
Emma Goodall, PhD, is an autism author, researcher and consultant in South Australia. She is reviewing programs and developing and implementing research based policy and programs to enable students on the autism spectrum to flourish. Emma combines her professional and academic skills and knowledge with her lived experience of Asperger's to help people understand what it means to be on the autistic spectrum and how different life is for those on and not on the spectrum. Emma is passionate about helpingfamilies and schools to facilitate success for children on the spectrum. Emma lives in Adelaide with her partner and their dog. She is also on the executive committees of the Australian Society for Autism Research and the Autistic Self Advocacy Network of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania.

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Chapter 1 - Introduction.- Chapter 2 - Methodology.- Chapter 3 - Results.- Chapter 4 - Recommendations for Research in the Future and Final Comments.- Appendices.