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Summary
Summary
The Autism Job Club is a groundbreaking book for bringing adults with autism and other neuro-diverse conditions into the work world.
This second edition of The Autism Job Club includes a new Foreword by Steve Silberman, author of the best-selling NeuroTribes , along with an Afterword by the authors. The Afterword covers the many employment initiatives for adults on the autism spectrum launched just in the three years since the book was originally published.
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. 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 is a vital resource for adults with autism, their families, and advocates who are committed to neuro-diverse employment, not unemployment. But it also speaks 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 is a former director of the California State Labor Department, with over forty years in the employment field. He currently is an employment attorney with the international law firm of Duane Morris LLP, fellow with the Milken Institute, and adjunct professor at Stanford University. He is a graduate of Harvard College, Oxford University (Balliol College), and the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.
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.
Steve Silberman is the New York Times bestselling author of Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
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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.
