An Asperger's Guide to Public Speaking

An Asperger's Guide to Public Speaking
Author: Rosalind A. Bergemann
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2015-02-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857009796

This practical guide to effective public speaking for professionals with Asperger Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder) provides tailored advice on using your Asperger strengths to your advantage and overcoming areas of challenge to find your public speaking voice. Written by a business leader with Asperger Syndrome, it includes guidance and hands-on tools for preparation, research and delivery of successful speeches and presentations. It addresses all the key areas that can cause particular difficulty for people with Asperger Syndrome such as coping with anxiety, interpreting the facial expressions of your audience, awareness of your own body language as projected to others, sensory overload issues caused by the speaking environment, and surviving post-speech networking and social events. Whether giving a presentation at a meeting, hosting a corporate event, or delivering an autism awareness speech, this book provides all the guidance that professionals with Asperger Syndrome need to master public speaking.

An Asperger's Guide to Entrepreneurship

An Asperger's Guide to Entrepreneurship
Author: Rosalind Bergemann
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2014-10-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857009788

Entrepreneurship can be an ideal career option for enterprising individuals with Asperger Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder) and this detailed guide explains how to tell if being self-employed is right for you and how to go about starting and growing your own business. Written by a successful entrepreneur and business consultant with Asperger Syndrome, this book provides all the guidance you need on the practicalities of starting up a company. The unique strengths that people with Asperger Syndrome can bring to a new business venture are highlighted and solutions are offered for elements of entrepreneurship that can create stumbling blocks such as developing working relationships within your company, marketing yourself and your business, managing finances, networking and maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Full of pragmatic advice, case studies from established business owners with Asperger Syndrome and practical tools for professional development, this is an essential startup handbook for anyone on the spectrum considering making the leap to becoming an entrepreneur.

Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome

Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome
Author: Luke Jackson
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2002-08-15
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 1846423562

Part of the Reading Well scheme. 35 books selected by young people and health professionals to provide 13 to 18 year olds with high-quality support, information and advice about common mental health issues and related conditions. Winner of the NASEN & TES Special Educational Needs Children's Book Award 2003 Have you ever been called a freak or a geek? Have you ever felt like one? Luke Jackson is 13 years old and has Asperger Syndrome. Over the years Luke has learned to laugh at such names but there are other aspects of life which are more difficult. Adolescence and the teenage years are a minefield of emotions, transitions and decisions and when a child has Asperger Syndrome, the result is often explosive. Luke has three sisters and one brother in various stages of their adolescent and teenage years but he is acutely aware of just how different he is and how little information is available for adolescents like himself. Drawing from his own experiences and gaining information from his teenage brother and sisters, he wrote this enlightening, honest and witty book in an attempt to address difficult topics such as bullying, friendships, when and how to tell others about AS, school problems, dating and relationships, and morality. Luke writes briefly about his younger autistic and AD/HD brothers, providing amusing insights into the antics of his younger years and advice for parents, carers and teachers of younger AS children. However, his main reason for writing was because "so many books are written about us, but none are written directly to adolescents with Asperger Syndrome. I thought I would write one in the hope that we could all learn together".

The Journal of Best Practices

The Journal of Best Practices
Author: David Finch
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2012-01-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1439189757

*A New York Times Bestseller* A warm and hilarious memoir by a man diagnosed with Asperger syndrome who sets out to save his relationship. Five years after David Finch married Kristen, the love of his life, they learned that he has Asperger syndrome. The diagnosis explained David’s ever-growing list of quirks and compulsions, but it didn’t make him any easier to live with. Determined to change, David set out to understand Asperger syndrome and learn to be a better husband with an endearing zeal. His methods for improving his marriage involve excessive note-taking, performance reviews, and most of all, the Journal of Best Practices: a collection of hundreds of maxims and hard-won epiphanies, including “Don’t change the radio station when she’s singing along” and “Apologies do not count when you shout them.” David transforms himself from the world’s most trying husband to the husband who tries the hardest. He becomes the husband he’d always meant to be. Filled with humor and wisdom, The Journal of Best Practices is a candid story of ruthless self-improvement, a unique window into living with an autism spectrum condition, and proof that a true heart is the key to happy marriage.

An Asperger Leader's Guide to Living and Leading Change

An Asperger Leader's Guide to Living and Leading Change
Author: Rosalind Bergemann
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2013-11-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857008722

People with Asperger Syndrome (AS) often struggle with change and this is magnified when it is part of their professional role to manage and lead change. Written by a business leader with Asperger Syndrome, this practical guide provides advice and strategies for coping with and implementing change in the workplace. Combining theory and practice with case studies and hands-on tools, the book aims to help those who find change particularly difficult to overcome these challenges and use their unique talents and skills to become change champions in the workplace. The book explores the change management life cycle and how it affects leaders with AS and teaches key skills for successfully leading change, preparing staff for change, and dealing with the effects of change on the organisation as a whole. This is a vital leadership development handbook for executive-level business professionals with Asperger Syndrome as well as those who aspire to careers in these roles.

Students with Asperger Syndrome

Students with Asperger Syndrome
Author: Lorraine E. Wolf
Publisher: Aapc Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Asperger's syndrome
ISBN: 9781934575390

For many students with autism spectrum disorders, getting admitted to college is the easy part. Surviving and succeeding can be quite another, as these students transition into a system that is often unprepared to receive them. Accommodating students whose disabilities very likely fall in social and self regulatory areas is a particular challenge for disability services providers who are not used to reaching out into so many areas of student life. This comprehensive book offers disability services professionals practical strategies for accommodating and supporting students in all phases of college life and beyond.

Understanding Asperger's Syndrome

Understanding Asperger's Syndrome
Author: Emily L. Burrows
Publisher: Future Horizons
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1932565159

The purpose of this guide is to help educators (teachers and administrators) become acquainted with identifying and meeting the needs of the student with Asperger's Syndrome. Public school, while often difficult for typical students, can be a nightmare for those students with Asperger's Syndrome. Without information and training in this disability, teachers face confusion and frustration regarding the unusual behaviors and lack of social skills. Without training, students with Asperger's Syndrome are misidentified and often blamed for behaviors that are a direct result of their disability. It is hoped that this guide will lead teachers to a better understanding of Asperger's Syndrome and help the students with AS have a richer, more enjoyable educational experience.

Asperger's Syndrome Workplace Survival Guide

Asperger's Syndrome Workplace Survival Guide
Author: Barbara Bissonnette
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2013-04-28
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0857008072

The workplace can be a difficult environment for people with Asperger's Syndrome (AS) and this often impedes their ability to make use of particular skills and sustain meaningful and fulfilling employment. This is the definitive guide to surviving and thriving in the workplace for people with AS. It includes everything from realistic strategies for meeting employer expectations, to how to get along with your colleagues and work as part of a team, multitask and manage projects, and handle anxiety and effectively resolve problems. Common employment challenges are illustrated through examples from the author's extensive experience coaching individuals with AS at all job levels, from entry-level to manager and professional positions. The pragmatic recommendations in the book will benefit anyone with AS who is entering the workforce, as well as those who struggle to maintain employment, or who want to improve their performance and advance their careers.

Look Me in the Eye

Look Me in the Eye
Author: John Elder Robison
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2008-09-09
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0307396185

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “As sweet and funny and sad and true and heartfelt a memoir as one could find.” —from the foreword by Augusten Burroughs Ever since he was young, John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother, Augusten Burroughs, in them)—had earned him the label “social deviant.” It was not until he was forty that he was diagnosed with a form of autism called Asperger’s syndrome. That understanding transformed the way he saw himself—and the world. A born storyteller, Robison has written a moving, darkly funny memoir about a life that has taken him from developing exploding guitars for KISS to building a family of his own. It’s a strange, sly, indelible account—sometimes alien yet always deeply human.

The Asperger Social Guide

The Asperger Social Guide
Author: Genevieve Edmonds
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2006-06-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1848608462

′The Asperger Social Guide is a pocket sized travel guide for adults with Asperger′s syndrome exploring the social world. Genevieve and Dean have written a practical handbook based on their personal experiences. They know what people with Asperger′s syndrome need to know and write in a clear and engaging style. I endorse their explanations, tips and strategies and will be recommending The Asperger Social Guide to my adult clients and those who support them′ – Professor Tony Attwood `This looks like a book that our social skills groups and some of our schools could use... Social skills are a big problem area for people with AS, so quality help is always needed′ - Cathy Mercer, National Autistic Society ′Overall I think that this is a very useful book and you can read the sections as and when you need to′ - Action for ASD ′[R]eaders who have already begun to grasp the basics of social interaction could learn a lot from this book′ - Asperger United ′An excellent self ′help-text′... Not a word is wasted, and as well as being highly recommended for individuals with Asperger′s Syndrome, should also be read by education professionals supporting young people with Asperger′s Syndrome in schools, colleges and universities′ - SENCO Update The imposition of ′social skills′ teaching is sometimes seen as stemming from a negative attitude to social difference. Participation in ′activities′ might be resented by the AS community and the choice to learn and adopt neuro-typical behaviour should to be offered as an option and in a very respectful way. This book is a self-help manual written by two AS adults who offer others the benefits of their experiences. It is suitable for private study by AS individuals and can also be used in FE and higher education establishments for support and personal development courses. Genevieve Edmonds is a 23 year old with ′residual′ Asperger′s Syndrome, which she views as a significant gift. She works as an associate of the Missing Link Support Service in Lancashire supporting thoise ′disabled by society′ including inviduals with ASD. She speaks and writes frequently in the field of Autism, along with giving training, workshops and soon counselling. She aims to empower those with ASD, carers and professionals in the understanding of Asperger′s Syndrome as a difference rather than an impairment. She lives and works in a solution focussed way and is based in north-west England. Dean Worton is a 31 year old high functioning individual with a very positive expression of Asperger Syndrome. He runs a very successful UK-based website for adults with Aseprger′s Syndrome and hosts real-life meet-ups around the UK for its members. His key interest is in encouraging adults to live positively and successfully with the gifts that Asperger′s Syndrome provides. He also works in administration and resides in north-west England.