{"product_id":"functional-silence-autism-ableism-and-silent-exclusion-in-the-labor-market-9798245429359","title":"Functional Silence: Autism, Ableism, and Silent Exclusion in the Labor Market","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Pedro Antônio de França | Leandro Maturo de França\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Inclusive Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunctional Silence\u003c\/b\u003e is not a book about autism as a diagnosis.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a book about what happens when neurodivergent people enter systems that were never designed for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from lived experience, social analysis, and ethical reflection, this book exposes how exclusion rarely appears as open hostility. Instead, it operates quietly - through procedures, unspoken norms, \"polite\" decisions, and institutional logic that slowly erase autistic professionals from the workplace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than asking \u003ci\u003e\"What must autistic people change?\"\u003c\/i\u003e, this book asks a harder question: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat does work do to those who function differently?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross its chapters, the reader will encounter: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA critical examination of ableism in professional environments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hidden costs of communication norms and sensory demands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow merit, productivity, and hierarchy become tools of exclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy inclusion discourse often fails in practice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ePractical reflections on survival, resistance, and clarity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a motivational guide, nor a collection of easy solutions.\u003cbr\u003eIt is an honest, structured, and necessary book for autistic professionals, educators, managers, researchers, and anyone willing to look beyond inclusive language and confront how exclusion actually works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunctional Silence\u003c\/b\u003e names what is usually left unsaid - and refuses to let silence remain invisible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunctional Silence\u003c\/b\u003e n�o � um livro sobre o autismo como diagn�stico.\u003cbr\u003e� um livro sobre o que acontece quando pessoas neurodivergentes entram em sistemas que nunca foram pensados para elas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA partir de experi�ncias vividas, an�lise social e reflex�o �tica, este livro exp�e como a exclus�o raramente se manifesta como hostilidade aberta. Em vez disso, ela opera de forma silenciosa - por meio de procedimentos, normas n�o ditas, decis�es \"educadas\" e uma l�gica institucional que, pouco a pouco, apaga profissionais autistas dos ambientes de trabalho.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEm vez de perguntar \u003ci\u003e\"O que as pessoas autistas precisam mudar?\"\u003c\/i\u003e, este livro prop�e uma quest�o mais dif�cil: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eO que o trabalho faz com aqueles que funcionam de maneira diferente?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAo longo de seus cap�tulos, o leitor encontrar� \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eUma an�lise cr�tica do capacitismo nos ambientes profissionais\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eOs custos ocultos das normas de comunica��o e das exig�ncias sensoriais\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eComo m�rito, produtividade e hierarquia se tornam instrumentos de exclus�o\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ePor que o discurso da inclus�o frequentemente falha na pr�tica\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eReflex�es pr�ticas sobre sobreviv�ncia, resist�ncia e clareza\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEste n�o � um guia motivacional, nem uma colet�nea de solu��es f�ceis.\u003cbr\u003e� um livro honesto, estruturado e necess�rio para profissionais autistas, educadores, gestores, pesquisadores e para qualquer pessoa disposta a ir al�m da linguagem inclusiva e encarar como a exclus�o realmente opera.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunctional Silence\u003c\/b\u003e nomeia aquilo que costuma permanecer n�o dito - e se recusa a permitir que o sil�ncio continue invis�vel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47594431283351,"sku":"9798245429359","price":1409.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798245429359.webp?v=1774985973","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/functional-silence-autism-ableism-and-silent-exclusion-in-the-labor-market-9798245429359","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}