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Asperger Syndrome and Employment othertitlesintheseries AspergerSyndromeandSocialRelationships EditedbyGenevieveEdmondsandLukeBeardon ISBN9781843106470 of relatedinterest ASelf-DeterminedFuturewithAspergerSyndrome SolutionFocusedApproaches E.VeronicaBlissandGenevieveEdmonds ForewordbyBillO’Connell,DirectorofTraining,FocusonSolutions ISBN9781843105138 AspergerSyndromeandEmployment APersonalGuidetoSucceedingatWork NickDubinWithGailHawkins ISBN9781843108498(DVD) AspergerSyndromeEmploymentWorkbook AnEmploymentWorkbookforAdultswithAspergerSyndrome RogerN.Meyer ForewordbyTonyAttwood ISBN9781853027963 EmploymentforIndividualswithAspergerSyndrome orNon-VerbalLearningDisability StoriesandStrategies YvonaFast ISBN9781843107668 ManagingwithAspergerSyndrome MalcolmJohnson ISBN9781843101994 HowtoFindWorkthatWorksforPeoplewithAspergerSyndrome TheUltimateGuideforGettingPeoplewithAspergerSyndrome intotheWorkplace(andkeepingthemthere!) GailHawkins ISBN9781843101512 AspergerSyndromeandBullying StrategiesandSolutions NickDubin ForewordbyMichaelJohnCarley ISBN9781843108467 TheMyriadGiftsofAsperger’sSyndrome JohnM.Ortiz ISBN9781843108832 TheCompleteGuidetoAsperger’sSyndrome TonyAttwood ISBN9781843104957 Asperger Syndrome and Employment Adults Speak Out about Asperger Syndrome Edited by Genevieve Edmonds and Luke Beardon Jessica Kingsley Publishers London and Philadelphia Firstpublishedin2008 byJessicaKingsleyPublishers 116PentonvilleRoad LondonN19JB,UK and 400MarketStreet,Suite400 Philadelphia,PA19106,USA www.jkp.com Copyright©JessicaKingsleyPublishers2008 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedinanymaterialform (includingphotocopyingorstoringitinanymediumbyelectronicmeansandwhetheror nottransientlyorincidentallytosomeotheruseofthispublication)withoutthewritten permissionofthecopyrightownerexceptinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988orunderthetermsofalicenceissuedbythe CopyrightLicensingAgencyLtd,SaffronHouse,6–10KirbyStreet,LondonEC1N8TS, UK.Applicationsforthecopyrightowner’swrittenpermissiontoreproduceanypartof thispublicationshouldbeaddressedtothepublisher. Warning:Thedoingofanunauthorisedactinrelationtoacopyrightworkmayresultin bothacivilclaimfordamagesandcriminalprosecution. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData ACIPcatalogrecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheLibraryofCongress BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData ACIPcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN9781843106487 ISBNpdfeBook9781846427701 PrintedandboundinGreatBritainby AthenaeumPress,Gateshead,TyneandWear Contents Preface to the Series 9 Genevieve Edmonds Introduction 11 Luke Beardon 1. Employment for People with Asperger Syndrome: What’s Needed? 19 Giles Harvey 2. The Job Needs to Work for the Worker 31 PJ Hughes 3. Experiences of Employment and Stress Before My Diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome 42 Alexandra Brown 4. ‘How Do You Communicate that You Have a Communication Problem…When You Have a Communication Problem?’ Asperger Syndrome and Employment 54 Neil Shepherd 5. Case Study by an Employee with Asperger Syndrome and His Line Manager 67 Dean Worton and Paul Binks 6. The World of Work (Is Not on Another Planet) and my Journey to Get There 80 Dr John Biddulph 7. Finding, Applying For and Starting a Job 98 Mark Haggarty 8. What I have Learned from 25 Years of Employment 109 Steve Jarvis 9. Asperger Syndrome and Employment: My Experiences and Observations 114 Anne Henderson 10. What Aspies Need to Know When Working in the Neurotypical Environment 118 Cornish 11. A Melmacian in the Workplace: Asperger Syndrome for Employers 128 Chris Mitchell 12. Surviving the Workplace: Asperger Syndrome at Work 135 Stuart Vallantine 13. The Importance of Motivation and Clear Communication at Work 152 Vicky Bliss 14. Continuing to Search for the Right Job for Me 162 Philip Bricher 15. I’m Just So Willing to Work 165 Emma Beard LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 168 INDEX 171 Acknowledgements To all the authors contributing to the series – many thanks for your time and effort in helping to produce these books. Dedication To all those individuals with AS who have shared their lives with us; we are forever indebted to you all. (Genevieve Edmonds and Luke Beardon)