Autism & Employment

Paul IsaacsSpeaker, Trainer, Author and Consultant

On The Autism Spectrum

Introduction• Born 1986• Brain Injury/Placental Abruption• Speech & Language Delay• Functional Speech gained in infancy 7/8 years old• Mainstream Education• Late diagnosis in 2010 at age 24• Diagnosis of Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome, Visual

Perceptual Disorders and Learning Difficulties in 2012

Employment • Supermarket (2002-2007)• Care Home (2008)• Volunteering (2008-2009)• Autism Oxford (2009-2015)• Freelance Work (2015-)• My World (2015-)

Employment – Things I Learnt

• New Skills (Mentalising) • Social Interaction (Visual perception & Language)• Staff members • Context (Who? What? Where?)• Language (receptive and expressive)• Visual Perception (Faceblindness, Object

blindness, meaning blindness)• Mental Health issues (Personality disorders,

anxiety disorders, mood disorders, dissociative disorders and psychosis)

Asperger’s Syndrome & Autism

• Asperger’s Syndrome: Literal,

Logical With Left Brain Dominance uses Logic to make sense the world

• Autism: Less Literal, Logical With Right Brain Dominance uses sensory experiences to make sense of the world

• “Aspinauts” – Mix of both

• “Paul” is “me first• Personality traits & profiles are in all human beings• My likes and dislikes are not all to do with my

“autism”• Autism is not the sum and total of my “being”• I remain balanced in my view of what autism is and

what it means

My Books• Living Through The Haze• Life Through A Kaleidoscope• A Pocket Size Practical Guide for

Parents, Professionals and People on the Autistic Spectrum 

• Understanding & Supporting Autistic Students in Specialist Schools

• Autism: Inside Perceptions of Communication, Interaction, Thoughts & Feelings

Other Books• Endorsed Jennifer Cook O’Toole’s

Asperkids Coloring Book• Chapter in Gifts of Autism and Alzheimer's • Been There, Done That. Try This!• Colour Coding By Adele Devine• Uncommon Minds – Artwork

The End

Many Thanks

Bucks and Oxon (Outside of counties can be discussed)

If would like me to speak, train, consult please contact me via email

staypuft12@yahoo.co.uk