Description
Book SynopsisGeneration A is the half-million individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) who will reach adulthood in the next decade and be ready to enter the workforce.
Generation A: Research on Autism in the Workplace is the first volume in the Emerald Studies in Workplace Neurodiversity Series. The book brings together scholars, practitioners, and educators to share their research on Autism in the workplace with a particular emphasis on Generation A. This book explores ways that researchers can help facilitate finding and maintaining employment for individuals with ASD by focusing on the transition, work, and career experiences of Generation A.
This volume offers researchers, educators, and practitioners several avenues for smoothing the transition from educational settings into the workplace for a generational cohort who are poised to enter the labor market, eager to work, and wish to achieve positive work and life outcomes. This book provides several contributions to both the disability literature and research on neurodiversity in the workplace, has the potential to reduce the stigma associated with ASD, change image norms surrounding ASD, and facilitate integrating individuals with ASD into the workforce.
This book will be a valuable resource for individuals with ASD, organizations interested in obtaining the benefits of hiring people with ASD, and advocacy groups supporting the transition and employment needs of individuals with ASD.
Table of ContentsPart I. Individual and Organizational Interventions to Help Support Generation A in the Workplace
Chapter 1. Workplace Training for Employees with Autism Spectrum Disorder; Karen R. Johnson and Kasha Williams
Chapter 2. Organizational Knowledge Creation: The Autism Enigma; Jillian Saylors
Chapter 3. Fit and Work Opportunities for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Individual and Organizational Recommendations for Opening the Workplace; Nadia Bhuiyan, Margaret Young, and Daniel J. Svyantek
Part II. The Legal and Functional Environment and Research on Employing Generation A
Chapter 4. Investigating Recommended Jobs for Generation A Individuals with High Functioning Autism to Enhance Person-Job Fit; Gundars Kaupins
Chapter 5. The Failures and Promise of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA); Tara Cunningham
Chapter 6. Evaluating Data for Assessing Post-Secondary Schooling and Career Outcomes of Generation A; Melissa J. Bjelland and Susanne M. Bruyere
Chapter 7. Creating Opportunity Through Workforce Development Innovation; Meaghan Timko
