Becoming a member of the work force: Perceptions of adults with Asperger Syndrome

Work

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-157

  Krieger, Beate ^a   Kinébanian, Astrid ^b   Prodinger, Birgit ^c   Heigl, Franziska ^d  

^a ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^b AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c Institute of Advanced Studies in Socialethics   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

biographic narrative; competitive work; occupational therapy; Pervasive developmental disorder; pre vocational requisites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWITZERLAND; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWITZERLAND; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84868631329     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-1392     Document Type: Article

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