Michael John Carley

Unemployed on the Autism Spectrum

How to Cope Productively with the Effects of Unemployment and Jobhunt with Confidence

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Addressing the high rate of unemployment among people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), this vital guide offers advice on how you can overcome negative emotions, maintain your confidence and process unemployment in an emotionally healthy way.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 208g
• ISBN-13: 9781849057295
• ISBN-10: 184905729X
• Artikelnr.: 42786203

Autorenporträt

Michael John Carley is the Founder and former Executive Director of GRASP, the largest organization comprised of adults on the autism spectrum. As the Executive Director of ASTEP, he spoke at conferences focusing on Human Resources, Corporate Diversity & Inclusion, and he conducted numerous training events and webinars for individual Fortune 1000 companies. He lives with his wife and two sons in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he now works as a School Consultant.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Foreword by Brenda Smith Myles, Ed.D. Two Notes on This
Book. Introduction. 1. Are You Unemployed? It's Not Just You. 2.
Psychological and Emotional Factors of Being Unemployed. 3. Forgiveness. 4.
Looking for Work: All You Can Do is Your Best. 5. Take Care of Your Head:
Beating the Psychological and Emotional Factors of Being Unemployed. 6.
Some minimum wage in the meantime?. 7. The Opportunities. 8. Momentum.
Appendix: Survey Participant Data.