“Employability for UK University Students and Graduates on the Autism Spectrum” – Dr Jonathan Vincent

Barriers to employment … exist at an environmental level, in terms of society’s labelling of autistic idiosyncrasies as ‘deficits’ or ‘abnormalities’ instead of positive attributes in the workplace.

– Dr Jonathan Vincent (13)

This study by Dr Jonathan Vincent uncovers important insights into which factors affect autistic graduates’ employment mobilities on exiting higher education and makes recommendations for improved practice.

For autistic students and graduates, as well as other stakeholders in the process, text-based artefacts such as job adverts and application forms generated unevenness of access insofar as they were unclear, misinforming, or, at times, irrelevant to the job.

– Dr Jonathan Vincent (21)

Dr Vincent’s article can be downloaded for FREE here.