Michael Bernick
Autore di The Autism Job Club: The Neurodiverse Workforce in the New Normal of Employment
Opere di Michael Bernick
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- male
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- Opere
- 6
- Utenti
- 22
- Popolarità
- #553,378
- Voto
- 2.0
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 11
The author of this book, and the resources he talks about, are all based in major cities (San Francisco, Atlanta) and at one point says that employers like neurodivergent people because we're "loyal". We don't like change and so we tend to stick with an employer and not change jobs. Sadly this happens all too often with abusive and toxic employment situations, so what? The authors think neurodivergent people are like the dog that returns to an abusive master?
I, like the authors, believe we do need to drastically rethink employment, especially for disabled, chronically ill, and/or neurodivergent individuals, and we had the perfect opportunity with the COVID-19 pandemic. But the authors only provide capitalist solutions, emphasizing that people need jobs to live fulfilling lives, which is an ableist statement, and leaves those who weren't diagnosed as children, don't have family supports to help get them "in" with a company, or live in a major area with an autism job club, which the author admits still require a long term investment in the individual to find stable employment. If you find yourself in a "not disabled enough for supports from traditional disability orgs" and "disabled enough to need support" situation like too many do, then this book will let you slip through the cracks, just as our capitalist system does now.
I could write more...so much more as a review...but really, this book is a full employment act for only one small sliver of the full neurodivergent spectrum. I wish the authors had done better. As doctors they should have done better. But too many neurodivergent individuals will understand when I say that honestly, this book was exactly what I expected it to be.… (altro)