{"product_id":"the-autism-full-employment-act-by-michael-bernick-9781510767324","title":"The Autism Full Employment Act","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eImpactful and integral to our economic recovery after the pandemic, \u003ci\u003eThe Autism Full Employment Act\u003c\/i\u003e will rebuild and improve autism employment programs.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmployment remains \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e issue today for many adults with autism. During the pandemic of 2020, authors Michael Bernick and Dr. Lou Vismara, along with other adults with autism, practitioners, and advocates, set out to develop an Autism Full Employment Act. At the time, the national economy was decimated, and it was clear that it would need to be rebuilt, starting in 2021 and beyond. The Act is an attempt not only to rebuild autism employment programs, but also to address the limitations and shortcomings of the current system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Autism Full Employment Act\u003c\/i\u003e shows how there can be a place in the job world for the wide range of adults with autism, ADHD, and other learning and mental health differences—many of whom are not employed today. Bernick and Dr. Vismara review the autism employment initiatives in recent years among major employers, state and local governments, autism-focused businesses, and autism transition programs, and present strategies to build on these initiatives. They set out more fully the meanings of \"autism talent advantage,\" \"autism friendly workplace,\" and \"employment for the more severely impacted.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSix broad strategy areas are explored. Interspersed with these six strategy areas are notes on related issues of \"professionalizing the direct support workforce,\" \"transitions,\" and \"comorbidities.\" Bernick and Dr. Vismara end by considering why no government action or program can replace the employment journey of each adult with autism, but how instead the Act can hasten these journeys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599114027244,"sku":"9781510767324","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4ff39a6b526a86dd8eb9a72aeecd1a75.jpg?v=1778024459","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-autism-full-employment-act-by-michael-bernick-9781510767324","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}