9c301415bf Review by Rick Chefitz. I also highly recommend it for the parents and other family members of people with AS/NLD, educators, vocational rehabilitation personnel, mental health professionals, employers, and even the general public. This is definitely a book for people who want to be taken seriously.' - Asperger Information.net 'Employment for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome or Non-Verbal Learning Disability is the best book I have read on AS/NLD and career issues. I now realize that special education is not just for school—it is needed at work as well! The "AS Voices" and "NLD Voices" showed me that I am indeed not alone in my struggles. Tony Attwood,Web site of this international expert on Aspergers Syndrome:www.tonyattwood.com.au Autism Asperger Publishing Company,www.asperger.net GRASP,Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership,www.grasp.org JobsWithoutLimits, a free job board for job seekers with disabilities to connect with employers in Massachusetts, LD Online:www.ldonline.org/indepth/nonverbal Linked to Aspergers,online LinkedIn groupmoderated by Dr.
There is also information for employers, agencies and careers counsellors on AS and NLD as 'invisible' disabilities, including an analysis of the typical strengths of somebody with NLD or AS, and how to use these positively in the workplace. He writes:"I have had difficulties finding my niche with employment as I have gone from job to job since graduating from college in 1995. This is why so many of us with AS and NLD (along with many neurotypicals) have trouble making that transition. .I've read some more of your book and was absolutely delighted. Gaus, PhD, 2011 The Guildford Press, New York Socially Curious and Curiously Social, A Social Thinking Guidebook for Bright Teens and Young Adults, 2011 Michelle Garcia Winner and Pamela Crooke, co-published by Think Social Publishing, Inc., San Jose, CA and The North River Press Publishing Corporation, Great Barrington, MA; Social Fortune or Social Fate, A Social Thinking Graphic Novel Map for Social Quest Seekers,Pamela Crooke and Michelle Garcia Winner, 2011 Think Social Publishing, Inc., San Jose, CA; Social Thinking at Work, Why Should I Care?, Pamela Crooke and Michelle Garcia Winner, 2011 Think Social Publishing, Inc., San Jose, CA; Solutions for Adults with Asperger Syndrome, Maximizing the Benefits, Minimizing the Drawbacks to Achieve Success,2005 Juanita P. Congratulations Yvona and all of you who contributed to this wonderful book. I particularly liked one of the chapters in which one of the people sharing their experiences defined success not in terms of money, career, or being married or having children.
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