Barbara Bissonnette is the Principal of Forward Motion Coaching, and specializes in career development coaching for individuals with Asperger's Syndrome. This is a sponsored article.

Since 2006, I have coached individuals with Asperger's Syndrome on how to find and keep employment. My clients include young people who are entering the workforce, and individuals in their 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's. Job seekers work with me to explore occupations, learn interviewing skills, and develop effective job search plans. Employed people need help addressing performance problems, improving their interpersonal communication skills, or planning how to disclose their Asperger's Syndrome and request accommodations.

I wrote The Complete Guide to Getting a Job for People with Asperger's Syndrome, and the Asperger's Syndrome Workplace Survival Guide: A Neurotypical's Secrets for Success to share ideas and strategies that my clients have used successfully. Here are my Top Ten Tips for getting a job and staying employed.

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Maja Toudal is a student with Asperger's I met in Copenhagen, Denmark. Here are her tips for succeeding in your classroom.

I realize that not every part of this will be applicable in every country. We have different educational systems, and this is tailored to mine. This is meant as an inspiration to what you can do to make the student-teacher relationship go well from the beginning.

When I begin a new semester there's a conversation I must repeat. Actually, it's getting to the point where it's more of a monologue. I have some diagnoses that make it difficult for me to be in a classroom, and while I do my best to deal with it, there are still a few things that will be affected.

I need a place - preferably always the same - on the first row, and away from the door. This allows me to create an imaginary sensory bubble around myself, the teacher and blackboard, which excludes the rest of the room. That way, I can pay attention in class. It is exhausting to do this, and to keep it up, but not as much as every other strategy I've tried.

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