Asperger's on the Job: Must-Have Advice for People With Asperger's or High Functioning Autism, and Their Employers, Educators, and Advocates (19 page)
Authors: Rudy Simone
Tags: #Asperger&rsquo
Dissatisfaction, job.
See
Job dissatisfaction
Diversity in the workplace,
63
,
103
,
106
,
107
Dress codes.
See
Clothing
Earning a living, difficulty for those with AS,
xiii
Education
versus ability,
110
and confidence,
113
consequences, lack of,
110
counseling, limits of,
111
and diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome,
112
difficulty with,
109
doctoral studies,
109
employee recommendations,
112
employer and advocate recommendations,
113
as individual responsibility,
111
programs for Aspergians,
111
questions for reflection,
114
and self-esteem,
112
EEOC.
See
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. (EEOC)
Emotional detachment
alexythimia,
27
and body language,
33–34
as diagnostic criteria,
31
and empathy,
27–28
employee recommendations,
28–29
,
34–35
employer and advocate recommendations,
29
,
35–36
and eye contact,
33
and facial expressions,
32
and facial recognition,
32–33
questions for reflection,
30
,
36
stimming,
34
Empathy, capacity for,
27–28
Employee recommendations
Asperger’s Syndrome label,
9
bluntness,
21–22
bullying,
83
clothing,
61–62
disclosure,
119
education,
112
emotional detachment,
28–29
,
34–35
environmental sensitivity,
41
gossip,
75–77
job disatisfaction,
123–125
personality tests,
107
praise,
90
ritual and routine,
68
social skills,
16–17
strengths and interests,
98
trust issues,
55–57
visual over-stimulation,
48–49
Employer and advocate recommendations
Asperger’s Syndrome label,
9
bluntness,
22–23
bullying,
84–85
clothing,
63
disclosure,
120
education,
113
emotional detachment,
29
environmental sensitivity,
42
gossip,
77–78
job dissatisfaction,
125
personality tests,
107–108
praise,
90–91
ritual and routine,
69
social skills,
17–18
strengths and interests,
99
trust issues,
57–58
visual over-stimulation,
50
Employing People with Asperger Syndrome
(National Autistic Society),
102
Employment Act 2002
(Great Britain),
57
Employment problems, Asperger’s syndrome
interview versus job performance,
6
change in existing management,
xi
promotion,
x
Environmental sensitivity
and depression,
46
employee recommendations,
41
employer and advocate recommendations,
42
fresh air,
46–47
noise, effects of,
39–40
odors,
47–48
and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
38
and private workspace, advantages of,
40
questions for reflection,
43
sound,
37–39
temperature, reasonable,
47
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. (EEOC),
82
Eye contact
confidence through,
33
in interviews,
137
Façade, maintaining,
72
Facebook,
34
Fight-or-flight response,
11
,
81
Freelance work as career path,
vii–viii
Gender issues for females
and dress codes,
60
emotional naiveté and gossip,
74
tact, expectation of,
21
Gossip, as subject of
Asperger’s Syndrome, misunderstandings about leading to,
71–72
and confidence,
73
employee recommendations,
75–77
employer and advocate recommendations,
77–78
questions for reflection,
78
stress from,
73
tension in the workplace from,
74
Grandin, Dr. Temple,
3
,
61
,
96
,
103
,
108
,
131
,
147
Gut and Psychology Syndrome
(Campbell- McBride),
124
Hidden Curriculum, The
(Myles, Trautman, & Schevlan),
17
Hyperlexia,
15
Interests.
See
Strengths and interests
Interview tips,
137–138
Interview versus job performance,
6
Jealousy, avoiding,
x
Job dissatisfaction
anxiety,
122
and Asperger’s preemptive strike,
121
depression,
122
employee recommendations,
123–125
employer and advocate recommendations,
125
questions for reflection,
125
and self-esteem,
124
stress,
122
Job map,
132–135
Label, Asperger’s Syndrome
and disclosure,
117
employee recommendations,
9
employer and advocate recommendations,
9
questions for reflection,
10
Medication and Asperger’s Syndrome,
41
,
95–97
Motivation issues,
51
Namie, D. Gary,
83
Namie, Dr. Ruth,
83
Obsessive interests,
94
,
132–135
Office of Disability Services,
111
Personality tests
versus aptitude tests,
102
Aspergian response to,
104
controversy over use,
102
as discrimination,
103
versus diversity in the workplace,
106
employee recommendations,
107
employer and advocate recommendations,
107–108
opposition to,
105
preparation for,
106–107
purpose,
104
questions for reflection,
108
sample question,
104
versus uniqueness,
105
Portfolio, advantages of,
vii
,
xi
,
138
Positive reinforcement.
See
Praise
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
38
,
80
Praise
employee recommendations,
90
employer and advocate recommendations,
90–91
and perfectionism,
88
and productivity,
87–88
questions for reflection,
91
rationale for,
87
reasonable expectation of employer,
89
and valued behavior,
88
Psychometric testing,
102
PTSD.
See
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Questions for reflections about Asperger’s Syndrome and employment
characteristics,
3
bluntness,
23
bullying,
85
clothing,
63
disclosure,
120
education,
114
environmental sensitivity,
43
gossip,
78
job dissatisfaction,
125
label,
10
personality tests,
108
praise,
91
ritual and routine,
69
social skills,
18
strengths and interests,
99
trust issues,
58
visual over-stimulation,
50
Quitting a job.
See
Job dissatisfaction
Recommendations.
See
Employee recommendations
;
Employer and advocate recommendations
Ritual and routine
employee recommendations,
68
employer and advocate recommendations,
69
organization,
66–67
questions for reflection,
69
as stress management,
65–66
versus stubbornness,
67–68
Routine.
See
Ritual and routine
Savant skills and talents,
xvi
,
94
Self-esteem
and bullying,
124
and education,
112
negative,
xiii
Shore, Stephen,
61
Sleep apnea,
54–55
Small talk.
See
Social skills, difficulty with
Social skills, difficulty with
employee recommendations,
16–17
employer and advocate recommendations,
17–18
fight-or-flight reaction,
11
as hardest part of the job,
13–14
as “hidden agenda,”
12
isolation from lack of,
14
as learned behavior,
15–16
meetings,
12
questions for reflection,
18
sense of humor,
14–15
as “unspoken job requirement,”
12
Stimming,
34
Strengths and interests
and confidence,
125
employee recommendations,
98
employer and advocate recommendations,
99
and job suitability,
94
questions for reflection,
98
Strengths, areas of
pattern thinkers,
viii
visual thinkers,
viii
word-detail thinkers,
viii
Stress management
control as,
65
natural remedies,
41
ritual and routine,
65–66
social contact, withdrawing from,
66
Stress, sources of
bullying,
80
criticism,
27
job dissatisfaction,
122
meetings,
95
sensory overload,
41
social situations,
73
“Survival in the Work Place” (Shore),
61
Trust issues
clear instructions,
52
and confidence,
53
deadlines,
52
downtime,
53
employee recommendations,
55–57
employer and advocate recommendations,
57–58
and flexible arrangements,
54
questions for reflection,
58
versus scrutiny,
53
22 Things a Woman Must Know If She Loves a Man with Asperger’s Syndrome
(Simone),
127
Visual overstimulation
employee recommendations,
48–49
employer and advocate recommendations,
50
fluorescent lights,
45–46
versus natural light,
46
questions for reflection,
50
WBI-Zogby W.S. Workplace Bullying Survey (2007),
79
Workplace Bullying Institute,
83
,
84
Workplace failure,
xviii–xix
Yoga
and body language mastery,
138