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Protecting the Rights of People with Autism in the Fields of Education and Employment: International, European and National Perspectives
Fundamental rights for all people with disabilities, education and employment are key for the inclusion of people with autism. They play as facilitators for the social inclusion of persons with autism and as multipliers for their enjoyment of other fundamental rights. After outlining the international and European dimensions of the legal protection of the rights to education and employment of people with autism, the book provides an in-depth analysis of domestic legislative, judicial and administrative practice of the EU Member States in these fields. Each chapter identifies the good practices on inclusive education and employment of people with autism consistent with principles and obligations enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Articles 24 and 27). The book contains the scientific results of the European Project “Promoting equal rights of people with autism in the field of employment and education” aimed at supporting the implementation of the UN Convention in the fields of inclusive education and employment.
206 pages, Paperback
First published March 17, 2015
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February 14, 2021
This book is an absolute mess. While there are some chapters that are somewhat acceptable, they are overshadowed by the offensive nature of many, many other aspects of this text. It is written in a manner that implies the authors did not believe it would ever be read by an actually autistic person, judging by the way they talk about us, but unfortunately for them I did so.
Firstly, near the beginning we have the authors praising the idea of tracking devices for autistic people, including adults, so that we can be found whenever by those who allegedly care for us. It is as if they have never heard the many, many stories of autistic people abused by their caregivers that this invasion of privacy would endanger.
The language used is primarily person-first despite the autistic preference for identity-first, but on the whole that's not overly offensive as it can easily be explained by ableist academic policies. But certain phrases such as "suffering from" and "the autistic" are employed that anyone involved in disability studies should have advised against.
Furthermore we have the frequent mentions of "early interventions", a common euphemism for ABA which has links with PTSD and has been called abuse by many activists over the years. There is explicit support for ABA at one point in a footnote, hidden where some may fail to see it. I did not fail to see it, I see your desire to normalise us.
Finally, this book proclaims in the title to be about supporting the rights of autistic people... but that is not what is contained in the text. Rights are examined, solely in reference to the right to *access* these things, but not about our rights when in such fields. It appears as if, as long as an autistic person has been admitted to a school, it does not matter if their rights are thus abused inside that institution.
I was wholly disappointed in this book, that I believed would examine protecting our rights from abusive teachers and exploitative employers, but instead I was subjected to a wall of text quoting the same passages of human rights law while being woefully ignorant of the ways in which the authors encouraged the abuse of our rights themselves.
Firstly, near the beginning we have the authors praising the idea of tracking devices for autistic people, including adults, so that we can be found whenever by those who allegedly care for us. It is as if they have never heard the many, many stories of autistic people abused by their caregivers that this invasion of privacy would endanger.
The language used is primarily person-first despite the autistic preference for identity-first, but on the whole that's not overly offensive as it can easily be explained by ableist academic policies. But certain phrases such as "suffering from" and "the autistic" are employed that anyone involved in disability studies should have advised against.
Furthermore we have the frequent mentions of "early interventions", a common euphemism for ABA which has links with PTSD and has been called abuse by many activists over the years. There is explicit support for ABA at one point in a footnote, hidden where some may fail to see it. I did not fail to see it, I see your desire to normalise us.
Finally, this book proclaims in the title to be about supporting the rights of autistic people... but that is not what is contained in the text. Rights are examined, solely in reference to the right to *access* these things, but not about our rights when in such fields. It appears as if, as long as an autistic person has been admitted to a school, it does not matter if their rights are thus abused inside that institution.
I was wholly disappointed in this book, that I believed would examine protecting our rights from abusive teachers and exploitative employers, but instead I was subjected to a wall of text quoting the same passages of human rights law while being woefully ignorant of the ways in which the authors encouraged the abuse of our rights themselves.
May 19, 2026
I bought this book thinking it would help me with my work, but it didn't. Because it is a 2015 edition (I didn't look at the date, assumed it was the latest!) and a lot of water has gone under the bridge since then. For example some of the language used in this book with regard to autistic children (let alone adults) would NOT be tolerated today, and some of the approaches they suggested in line with interacting with autistic children or adults are very out of date. Therefore if you need to look deeper into protecting the rights of autistic children and adults I suggest you seek out a more up to date version!
December 28, 2021
Interesting for someone looking to find out the politics of all this
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