Learning a Living: A Guide to Planning Your Career and Finding a Job for People with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit...
- ISBN-10
- 0933149875
- ISBN-13
- 9780933149878
- Category
- Business & Economics / Careers / General
- Pages
- 340
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Woodbine House
- Author
- Dale S. Brown
Description
At last, a career guide written for people with learning disabilities by someone with firsthand experience. Learning a Living, the only book on the subject of careers and the challenges of learning disabilities, discusses everything you need to know in order to find a job that uses your strengths and minimises the effects of your disability. This comprehensive book addresses career issues for high schoolers, college students, and adults with learning disabilities, dyslexia, and attention deficit disorder. Brimming with ideas, this book emphasises self awareness, a positive attitude, research, and enlisting the help of others as the keys to success. Students, graduates entering the workforce, and those hoping to change careers will find this book an invaluable resource. Family, friends, employers, educators, and therapists, too, can use this book to better understand and encourage adult with learning disabilities in their career endeavours.
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