Re: For Employers of Aspies ?

[Guest guest]

Mircea Pauca wrote:

> Greetings from Romania !

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> I wonder what good materials exist to help bosses etc.

> manage effectively Aspies with not too much frustration.

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[Guest guest]

I sometimes work with an employment agency to support Autistics and

negotiate with employers. I don't charge because I have a well paid

job myself.

Examples are:

A very bright man who loved his job in a plant nursery but was about

to get the sack because he could not sort plant pots quickly. The

solution was to colourcode the pots and shelves so he matched by

colour rather than size. His encyclopedic knowledge of plants made up

for social difficulties. He has also designed a website for his

employer and is paid extra for maintaining this.

A young girl who worked in a laundry was a good worker but was about

to be sacked because she had terrible social skills, was very loud and

told extremely rude jokes.

The solution was to make a visual that would help her monitor voice

volume. I bought her a joke book with jokes appropriate to the

situation that she could learn. She also downloads jokes from the net

and checks them with family before repeating at work. I helped her to

work out some scripts for courtesy for arriving, leaving, asking for

help and thanking. She also wears earplugs to help with stress due to

noise and this was partly the reason why she spoke loudly. She is fine

and is a meticulous worker.

A young man was about to leave work. No reason given. Refused to

discuss it. He agreed that I could shadow him for one day. I

realized that he did not go to the toilet. He needed to know that he

could take breaks and he needed to know where the toilets were. The

manager was very upset to think that he had nearly lost a good worker

for such a small thing and watches out for behaviour that might

indicate a problem.

Workplace bullying - it really helps to have an outsider to point this

out as the victim is so often not believed. This is probably an issue

that would be harder to help from a distance. In Australia it was

possible to help the victim by bypassing the workplace union rep who

was the ringleader and getting union support. Each workplace would be

different in finding appropriate ways to support the worker.

I am happy to advise both employees and employers because I am lucky

to be employed at a level appropriate to my abilities.

> > Greetings from Romania !

> >

> > I wonder what good materials exist to help bosses etc.

> > manage effectively Aspies with not too much frustration.

>

> http://www.specialisterne.dk/html/english/Home.html

>

[Guest guest]

I have AS diagnosis. Communication is sometimes a problem but I have

many effective scripts because my father was a teacher. lol I learned

teaching way before i went to university.

i used to worry about communication difficulties. Now i see that it

is important that the people i work with see the problems and see me

dealing with it. if i had a wheelchair, they would have to cope with

seeing that around the place. it is no different.

I don't have a manual. I can't follow them. I just watch people and

really i am usually amazed that people cannot see what the problem is.

In this situation, I have got to know the employment agency because

they run a transition program between school and work, so I have to be

involved with my clients for the last year of school. It seems to me

that some things around disability are somewhat easier here. Maybe

people are a bit more casual. Some things are harder because we have

very few services.

> > > > Greetings from Romania !

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> > > > I wonder what good materials exist to help bosses etc.

> > > > manage effectively Aspies with not too much frustration.

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> > > http://www.specialisterne.dk/html/english/Home.html

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