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The Autism Job Club is a groundbreaking book for bringing adults with autism and other neuro-diverse conditions into the work world.
The book has its basis in the autism job club that the authors have been part of in the San Francisco Bay Area, the job-creation and job-placement efforts the club has undertaken, and similar efforts throughout the United States.
The authors review the high unemployment rates among adults with autism and other neuro- diverse conditions more than two decades after the ADA. National data on autism employment and unemployment with the individual employment searches of job club members.
Bernick and Holden also outline and explain six strategies that, taken together, will reshape employment for adults with autism:
*The art of the autism job coach.
*The autism advantage in technology employment.
*Autism employment and the internet economy.
*Autism employment and the practical/craft economy.
*Autism and extra-governmental job networks.
*Autism and public service employment.
The Autism Job Club will be a vital resource for adults with autism, their families, and advocates who are committed to neuro-diverse employment, not unemployment. But it will also speak to a far broader audience interested in how to carve out a place for themselves or others in an increasingly competitive job world.
Author Notes
Michael Bernick has held several senior positions in California government, including Director of the California state labor department. Since 2004, he has been a Fellow in employment with the Milken Institute and counsel with Sedgwick LLP in San Francisco.
Richard Holden he has been the Regional Commissioner for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in San Francisco. He served previously as Research Director of the California Labor department.
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Library Journal Review
Adults with autism are one of the fastest growing neurodiverse groups seeking to enter the workforce. Employment attorney Bernick and Holden (Regional Commissioner, U.S. Dept. of Labor) share not only their research and expertise but also their experiences working with a San Francisco autism job club as its members search for, obtain, and struggle to maintain employment in today's difficult market. They outline the six employment strategies they developed as a result of their work and also examine government programs aimed at autistic adults, pointing out their efforts and limitations. VERDICT As noted by the authors, the autism community's move toward a better strategy for autism employment is just getting off the ground, and this book provides a road map to guide them forward. Those working in vocational rehabilitation fields and career professions and those supporting adults with autism will benefit from the information presented here.-Lisa Jordan, Johnson Cty. Lib., Overland Park, KS © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
| Introduction: Creating a Place in the Emerging Job World | p. ix |
| Part I The Six Autism Employment Strategies | |
| Chapter 1 We Come Together as the Autism Job Club/ Introducing Six Autism Employment Strategies | p. 1 |
| Chapter 2 The Autism Job Club as Voluntary Association and Mutual Support | p. 9 |
| Part II The Adult Autism Community in the United States Today and Its Employment Status | |
| Chapter 3 The Autism Explosion in Numbers and in Public Consciousness | p. 19 |
| Chapter 4 Autism Employment and Unemployment Today | p. 29 |
| Chapter 5 The Perseverative Scripter and His Employment Search | p. 41 |
| Chapter 6 Employment Searches of Our Job Club Members | p. 57 |
| Part III The Art of the Autism Job Coach | |
| Chapter 7 The Evolving Job World Which Adults with Autism Must Navigate | p. 69 |
| Chapter 8 Job Search Mastery in the Internet Age | p. 81 |
| Chapter 9 Job Networks and Mutual Support | p. 89 |
| Chapter 10 The Art of the Autism Job Coach | p. 97 |
| Part IV Autism, Technology, and the Growing Internet Economy Employment | |
| Chapter 11 Autism and Technology Advantage | p. 111 |
| Chapter 12 Autism and the Internet Economy | p. 121 |
| Part V Autism and the Practical Economy | |
| Chapter 13 The Surprising Employment Growth in the Practical Economy | p. 131 |
| Chapter 14 Autism-Focused Businesses and Hiring Initiatives in the Practical Economy | p. 139 |
| Chapter 15 Autism, Craft, and Calling | p. 149 |
| Chapter 16 Autism and the Movement to Improve "Wages in the Practical Economy | p. 157 |
| Part VI Autism and Employment for the More Severely Impacted | |
| Chapter 17 Autism and Supported Work | p. 165 |
| Part VII Lifelong Learning, Workplace Culture, and the Future of the Autism Job Club | |
| Chapter 18 Autism, Retraining, and Lifelong Learning | p. 177 |
| Chapter 19 A Note on Autism and Workplace Culture | p. 187 |
| Chapter 20 The Future of the Autism Job Club | p. 193 |
| Notes | p. 205 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 221 |
| About the Authors | p. 222 |
| Index | p. 223 |
