Autism and overcoming job barriers: Comparing job-related barriers and possible solutions in and outside of autism-specific employment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lorenz, Timo ^a   Frischling, Cora ^a   Cuadros, Raphael ^a   Heinitz, Kathrin ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB FINDING; JOB MARKET; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; AUTISTIC DISORDER; GERMANY; LIFE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955294647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147040     Document Type: Article

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