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"Don't Assume You Know What You're Dealing With" Experiences of Autistic Adults in the Workplace /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	"Don't Assume You Know What You're Dealing With" Experiences of Autistic Adults in the Workplace // Peter S Shirey.
Author:	Shirey, Peter S.,
Description:	1 electronic resource (65 pages)
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 85-11.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International85-11.
Subject:	Sociology. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=31243979
ISBN:	9798382598741

"Don't Assume You Know What You're Dealing With" Experiences of Autistic Adults in the Workplace /
Shirey, Peter S.,

"Don't Assume You Know What You're Dealing With" Experiences of Autistic Adults in the Workplace /Peter S Shirey. - 1 electronic resource (65 pages)

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 85-11.

Background: Research suggests that autistic adults have poor employment outcomes and encounter various challenges in the workplace, yet little research exists that explores the workplace experiences of autistic adults from their own perspective. Informed by the neurodiversity paradigm, this study conducted interviews with autistic adults to identify what issues are most salient to their workplace experiences and what strategies employers can use to make workplaces more accessible to autistics.Methods: In depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 autistic adults employed in a variety of different industries. Both email and video call interview methods were used depending on the participant's preference. Data from the interviews were coded using thematic analysis to identify salient issues and strategies.Results: Themes of salient issues that emerged from the thematic analysis included, Work Environment, Communication and Expectations, Autistic Masking, Burnout, and Supportive/Unsupportive Employers. Potential strategies for improving the work experiences of autistic employees that emerge from this study include: providing employees with more control over their work environment, providing clear and consistent expectations, giving employees more space to be themselves at work, giving employees more time off and breaks, normalizing autism in the workplace, and providing education about the needs of autistic adults.Conclusion: The results from this study demonstrate that autistic adults' perspectives of their own employment experiences can be used to illuminate broader structures and ideologies that shape the accessibility of the workplace. Many workplaces that participants experienced as unsupportive or exclusionary embraced a neuronormative ideology in which everyone was presumed to have the same needs and was expected to behave according to stringent normative standards. Conversely, many workplaces that participants experienced as positive and supportive embraced a more inclusive approach that provided flexibility and attempted to understand and respond to employees' unique needs.

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ISBN: 9798382598741Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Sociology.
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Autism

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