Aspergers on the Job is a well structured easy going handbook that outlines typical employment issues for persons with Asperger's.

The chapters are very short and quick to read, and all consistently end in a 3-part recommendations section: 'What the employee can do', 'To employers and advocates', and 'Questions' (for reflection). Simone takes a well balanced, common sense approach (just like in 'Aspergirls'), where she encourages the players (employees, employers and other stake holders) to take each others' views with illustrative examples and recommendations.

The set-up of the book project is a good idea too (a bit like Aspergirls too) - 50 adults with Asperger's were interviewed for the book, and are quoted in all the chapters to exemplify the issues raised.

The foreword by Temple Grandin is excellent.

The book's strength is IMO that it is such a handy, well structured overview and quick read with very accessible insights.

Its main weakness is the recommendations. I was hoping to find actionable solutions I hadn't thought of myself, and while some of the recommendations were useful (e.g. the anti-bullying/anti-gossip strategies), most were either obvious common sense-like, or too naive for real workplaces.

Another weakness is the annoyingly non-scientific personal beliefs promoted here and there - such as the 'leaky gut syndrome', and the crusade against 'chemicals'. Which I suppose refers to all human-created harmful toxics in the environment, none of which have any proven causative link with autism or direct relevance for employment, so I think such 'crusading' is misplaced in a practical handbook.

Another downside is the ridiculous superman cover :-) but that is not important.

To sum up, I think the book is a great 'executive summary' type handbook, perhaps best for employers to give a quick, easy accessible introduction to the issues faced by & with Aspie employees, but less for employees and job seekers looking for practical solutions, and those already familiar with the issues raised in the book. ( )

This is a book by and for people with Asperger's Syndrome. This GUARANTEES that your mileage will vary. But it's likely to be pretty good.

I'll admit that the cover image and the cutesy graphics put me off badly. But it happens that I know one of the people who wrote the cover blurbs, and asked him about it -- and he said that it deserved the praise. And he was right. If I had had this book two years ago, my life very likely would have been very different. If I had had it twenty years ago, I could guarantee it.

The flip side is, I didn't even know I had Asperger's then....

Most Asperger's books are full of strategies, and this is no exception. And not every strategy works for everyone. If you don't have sensory issues, you won't need the sensory strategies. Personally, I could use more advice on apologies and forgiveness. And so it goes. But if one goes in with the proper attitude -- "use what you can and don't worry about the rest" -- there is a tremendous amount to be learned here. It is, without question, the best book I have read about Asperger's and careers.

Now if only I had those twenty years back in which to use it.... ( )

Mensen met Asperger, doorgaans getypeerd als perfectionistisch, eerlijk, sensorisch overgevoelig en sociaal minder vaardig, ondervinden vaak heel wat moeite om een betaalde baan te vinden en te houden. Ervaringsdeskundige Rudy Simone legt uit waarom en wanneer het misgaat bij werknemers met Asperger. Van zintuiglijke overprikkeling en foute communicatie via lichaamstaal tot de ongeschreven regels van de bedrijfscultuur. Verschillende ervaringsdeskundigen geven voorbeelden van sociaal ongemak op de werkvloer. ( )