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2. Employment of autistic people - Wikipedia

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   Job interviews, based on social skills, are particularly discriminating for adults with autism. The job interview is cited as probably "the most difficult part of the job search for people with autism", [166] [167] [168] and negative perception of autistic candidates by non-autistic interviewers is frequently cited as a major barrier to gaining ...

3. New Jobs Crisis: Unemployed Autistic Adults - AOL

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   By Lindsey Tanner CHICAGO -- One in 3 young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation, a study finds. That's a ...

4. ‘I didn’t put my autism diagnosis on applications’: How ...

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   Around 700,000 people in the UK are autistic, and only one in three autistic adults are in any form of employment – the lowest figure across all disability groups.

5. Intellectual disability and higher education in the United ...

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   The combination of an increasing number of jobs requiring some type of education after high school and their history of exclusion from the higher education system have led to this conclusion. In the past, employment options for people with ID have been limited to supported employment and sheltered workshops. [5]

6. Autism-friendly - Wikipedia

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   Autism Alert Cards, for example, are available for autistic people in London, England, UK so that police and emergency personnel will recognize autistic individuals and respond appropriately. The cards, which encourage autism-friendly interaction, have a couple of key points about interacting with autistic people.

7. New Ph.D. program in autism could help spur new research - AOL

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   A program called Work Possibilities is helping people with autism practice social and communication skills in the workplace. "We have multiple types of programs and events that we offer for ...