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A handbook for trade unionists: published byt he Trades Union Congress (TUC), 2014
This article - http://www.hrreview.co.uk/hr-news/diversity-news/workplaces-need-to-be-… - in HR Review, outlines the usefulness of the 'Autism in the Workplace guide' I wrote for the TUC in 2014.
Autism in the Workplace is a course being run at the Workers’ Educational Association - WEA, Luke Street.
This briefing is for union reps, officers and members of all unions on Autism in the Workplace.
Fill out the form to register here.
The day will cover;
From the TUC handbook, 'Autism in the workplace'.
All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism
Autism Hub (list of autism blogs)
From the TUC handbook, 'Autism in the workplace'.
Asperger syndrome
An autism spectrum condition that affects the way a person communicates and relates to others. People with Asperger syndrome usually have fewer problems with language than those with other forms of autism, and may not have the accompanying learning disabilities often associated with autism.
From the TUC handbook, 'Autism in the Workplace'.
1910: Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler coined the term ‘autism’, derived from the Greek word autós (αὐτός, meaning self). Bleuler was researching the symptoms of schizophrenia and identified a ‘withdrawal’ present in some patients as autism.
Attached is the handbook for trade unionists on 'Autism in the Workplace', written by me and published by the Trades Union Congress in 2014.
This should be useful to all trade union reps and activists both in representing individual members who are autistic and/or have autistic dependants, and in organising to tackle discrimination and fight for autism-friendly workplaces.
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