IMAGE PROJECT

We know that employment rates are alarmingly low. IMAGE is about supporting autistic students to appreciate and demonstrate their strengths to employers. Too often, academic support is couched in a deficit model, looking at barriers and challenges and how these must be adjusted. This becomes problematic when trying to present skills and strengths to employers... IMAGE is an EU-funded partnership of 5 European universities: Leeds Beckett University, University of Helsinki, Free University Amsterdam, Medical School Berlin and the University of Toulouse. IMAGE aims to improve the employability of higher education graduates on the autism spectrum by developing self-advocacy and employability skills in students, promoting high-quality support practice in HE professionals and developing employer awareness and recruitment practices... The IMAGE project produced an employability toolkit that autistic students can use independently, training materials for careers advisors to develop their..

Also known as: The IMAGE Project

Primary location: Leeds United Kingdom