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Storying transition-to-work for/and youth on the autism spectrum in the United States: a critical construct synthesis of academic literature
- Source :
- Disability & Society. 31:777-797
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2016.
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Abstract
- We explored how academic literature constructs the ‘worker with autism.’ Drawing on a systematic review of transition to work for youth with disabilities, we analyzed how 17 articles constructed ‘autism,’ ‘work,’ and the ‘worker with autism.’ We identified two argumentative approaches: the intervention story and the complex story. Intervention stories centered autism as a problem in need of treatment and work as a simple, positive endeavor. Complex stories offered various and more positive accounts of autism alongside broader notions of work. We recommend that academics experiment with writing which expands work (and career) possibilities for youth situated on the autism spectrum.
- Subjects :
- 030506 rehabilitation
Argumentative
Health (social science)
Transition (fiction)
05 social sciences
050301 education
General Social Sciences
Social constructionism
medicine.disease
behavioral disciplines and activities
Developmental psychology
03 medical and health sciences
Work (electrical)
Intervention (counseling)
mental disorders
General Health Professions
Situated
medicine
Autism
0305 other medical science
Construct (philosophy)
Psychology
0503 education
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13600508 and 09687599
- Volume :
- 31
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Disability & Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........1af12c7b147bb2e2d85cc57ed442ce61