{"id":3958,"date":"2019-04-08T11:40:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T11:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/?p=3958"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:19:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:19:28","slug":"world-autism-awareness-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/2019\/04\/08\/world-autism-awareness-week\/","title":{"rendered":"World Autism awareness week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.autism.org.uk%2Fget-involved%2Fworld-autism-awareness-week.aspx&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cd7ad00f4ad194943e73b08d6b9b47c1c%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C636900582162516328&amp;sdata=wG2Zsn8vVQwnphWm8RU5OG9lO9s%2FeeL%2BC6onlJTh19Y%3D&amp;reserved=0\">World Autism awareness week<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a 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children and adults with autism.<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lse.ac.uk%2Fpssru%2Fresearch%2Fautism&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cd7ad00f4ad194943e73b08d6b9b47c1c%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C636900582162536338&amp;sdata=JkUuMCsWBjFT6XCds21rZKt8QMDEf4H9m1hswfC4YTk%3D&amp;reserved=0\">\u00a0Read more about their research<\/a> and access recent findings.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016 an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.autism.org.uk%2Fget-involved%2Fmedia-centre%2Fnews%2F2016-10-27-employment-gap.aspx&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cd7ad00f4ad194943e73b08d6b9b47c1c%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C636900582162536338&amp;sdata=3OwxkvlpEUqBK35RMVDEutJMl3%2By0H9%2FdmUaTpYw3%2Bg%3D&amp;reserved=0\">NAS report on employment found that<\/a>\u00a0only &#8216;16% of autistic adults are in full-time paid work. but 77% of those unemployed wanted to work &#8216;<\/p>\n<p><u>Get free information on the latest academic research<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.autism.org.uk%2FPortal%2FDefault%2Fen-GB%2FSearch%2FSimpleSearch&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cd7ad00f4ad194943e73b08d6b9b47c1c%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C636900582162546347&amp;sdata=3Upa4AeAJYOTQjFux%2B6HUIP%2BYmu5PinD6eAPH47WAQo%3D&amp;reserved=0\">National Autistic Society provides free access to its bibliographies\u00a0<\/a>which reference research articles added to its library catalogue and the\u00a0<a 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