The Autism Friendly Guide to Self Employment
Robyn Steward
Successfully self-employed autistic author Robyn Steward shares her keen insights about the valuable skills and unique visions self-employed autistic people bring to the job market. This book will teach you how to bring these strengths into the world of self-employment, so that you can follow your passions as part of the community.
Featuring first-hand accounts from self-employed autistic people in businesses ranging from arts and crafts to web developer and book shop owner, this book outlines the common challenges you may encounter and ways to overcome them. Based on a survey of over 100 self-employed autistic people all over the world and peer reviewed by experts, it covers everything you need to get started, from networking and marketing products to managing tax and business records and more. It also includes details about benefit systems, getting work and bookkeeping.
Written specifically for autistic people, people with learning / intellectual disabilities, and the people who support them, this book is the essential guide to starting your own business.
Duration - 6h 11m.
Author - Robyn Steward.
Narrator - Robyn Steward.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2021 Robyn Steward ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Successfully self-employed autistic author Robyn Steward shares her keen insights about the valuable skills and unique visions self-employed autistic people bring to the job market. This book will teach you how to bring these strengths into the world of self-employment, so that you can follow your passions as part of the community. Featuring first-hand accounts from self-employed autistic people in businesses ranging from arts and crafts to web developer and book shop owner, this book outlines the common challenges you may encounter and ways to overcome them. Based on a survey of over 100 self-employed autistic people all over the world and peer reviewed by experts, it covers everything you need to get started, from networking and marketing products to managing tax and business records and more. It also includes details about benefit systems, getting work and bookkeeping. Written specifically for autistic people, people with learning / intellectual disabilities, and the people who support them, this book is the essential guide to starting your own business. Duration - 6h 11m. Author - Robyn Steward. Narrator - Robyn Steward. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2021 Robyn Steward ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Acknowledgements
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About the author
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Who is this book for?
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Research for this book
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Why did I write this book?
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Common misconceptions about self-employment
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How this book is organised
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Common business words
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Activities within this book
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Disclaimer about tax, laws and benefits/welfare
Duration:00:00:30
Good luck
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Part 1 Get Ready For Self-Employment Introduction
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Chapter 1 What is Self-Employment?
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Section 1.1 What does being self-employed mean?
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Section 1.2 What does self-employment look like?
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Section 1.3 What are your barriers to self-employment?
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Section 1.4 Supported self-employment
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Section 1.5 Your network
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Section 1.6 Review
Duration:00:00:33
Chapter 2 Activities to increase your Self-Esteem Introduction
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Section 2.1 Things you have done in your life so far
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Section 2.2 Why do you want to be self employed?
Duration:00:00:58
Section 2.3 Words that describe you or words other people use to describe you
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Section 2.4 Trial and error
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Section 2.5 Review of lists
Duration:00:00:51
Section 2.6 Positive affirmations
Duration:00:01:16
Section 2.7 Resources to help with self-esteem
Duration:00:00:18
Section 2.8 Review
Duration:00:00:37
Chapter 3 Self-Management Introduction
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Section 3.1 What expectations should you have when starting a business?
Duration:00:01:02
Section 3.2 Training and learning
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Section 3.3 Ways to manage your energy
Duration:00:02:31
Section 3.4 What are boundaries?
Duration:00:08:49
Section 3.5 Where can you get support to start a business?
Duration:00:02:58
Section 3.6 What is mentoring?
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Section 3.7 Accountability
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Section 3.8 Work needs check-in
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Section 3.9 Review
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Section 3.10 Optional experiment to give you an idea of what it could feel like to be self-employed
Duration:00:01:23
Part 2 Risks Introduction
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Chapter 4 Introduction to Risk Introduction
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Section 4.1 What is risk?
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Section 4.2 Review
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Chapter 5 How to Mitigate Risks to Benefits/Welfare/Pension Entitlement Introduction
Duration:00:01:34
Section 5.1 Setting up a business within an organisation and/or sharing resources
Duration:00:01:57
Section 5.2 Using different business structures
Duration:00:00:33
Section 5.3 Limit your profit
Duration:00:00:19
Section 5.4 Find out your entitlement to benefits/tax credits
Duration:00:00:33
Section 5.5 Research, research, research!
Duration:00:00:31
Section 5.6 Check when you need to register as self-employed
Duration:00:00:49
Section 5.7 Working with an organisation
Duration:00:02:04
Section 5.8 Managing the Universal Credit minimum income floor
Duration:00:04:21
Section 5.9 Mitigating the risk of not having enough work or having a fluctuating income
Duration:00:05:19
Section 5.10 Risk of bankruptcy or losing your home
Duration:00:01:29
Section 5.11 Review
Duration:00:01:15
Chapter 6 Maintaining Your Health and Wellbeing Introduction
Duration:00:00:04
Section 6.1 How can pressure affect your mental health?
Duration:00:04:22
Section 6.2 Common ways people are taken advantage of
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Section 6.3 Social isolation
Duration:00:01:46
Section 6.4 How to avoid inadvertently breaking the law
Duration:00:03:10
Section 6.5 You can learn from failure!
Duration:00:01:11
Section 6.6 Review
Duration:00:00:32
Part 3 Developing Your Ideas Introduction
Duration:00:00:19
Chapter 7 Ideas of What to Do as a Self-Employed Person Introduction
Duration:00:00:06
Section 7.1 How to find something to make/sell/provide as a self employed person?
Duration:00:04:05
Section 7.2 Think about how you will get work
Duration:00:00:21
Section 7.3 Should you start a business based on your special or intense interests?
Duration:00:00:54
Section 7.4 Review your skills
Duration:00:00:38
Section 7.5 Should you start an autism related business?
Duration:00:01:34
Section 7.6 How do people make self employed income from music and performing arts businesses?
Duration:00:02:11
Section 7.7 How do people earn money through the computer game industry?
Duration:00:03:57
Section 7.8 How do you know if something is a good business idea or not?
Duration:00:01:29
Section 7.9 Further sources of ideas
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Section 7.10 Review
Duration:00:01:01
Chapter 8 How to Start a Business with Limited Resources Introduction
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Section 8.1 What is a resource?
Duration:00:00:55
Section 8.2 Education and training specific to your industry
Duration:00:00:26
Section 8.3 Physical space
Duration:00:04:07
Section 8.4 Using groups to find information
Duration:00:01:32
Section 8.5 Planning ahead
Duration:00:00:27
Section 8.6 What is investment?
Duration:00:01:13
Section 8.7 Where can you get funding or investment for your business?
Duration:00:06:14
Section 8.8 Review
Duration:00:00:31
Chapter 9 Understanding Revenue Introduction
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Section 9.1 What is revenue?
Duration:00:00:08
Section 9.2 What is a revenue stream?
Duration:00:02:29
Section 9.3 How can you start creating different revenue streams?
Duration:00:00:50
Section 9.4 Review
Duration:00:00:39
Part 4 Plan Your Business Introduction
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Chapter 10 Finding Your Market Introduction
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Section 10.1 What is market research?
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Section 10.2 How could you do market research?
Duration:00:10:14
Section 10.3 Tips for doing market research
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Section 10.4 Informal market research methods
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Section 10.5 Observation as a tool
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Section 10.6 If you don't want to do market research face to face
Duration:00:01:14
Section 10.7 People stealing your ideas
Duration:00:00:25
Section 10.8 How you can ise market research to advertise your products/services
Duration:00:04:16
Section 10.9 Why do you think customers would choose you instead of a competitor?
Duration:00:03:23
Section 10.10 Customer profiling
Duration:00:02:29
Section 10.11 Review
Duration:00:00:26
Chapter 11 Deciding on Your Business Identity Introduction
Duration:00:00:05
Chapter 11.1 What is a business identity?
Duration:00:03:32
Chapter 11.2 What is a logo?
Duration:00:04:18
Chapter 11.3 What is a business card?
Duration:00:01:44
Chapter 11.4 Review
Duration:00:00:32
Chapter 12 Working Out How Much to Charge introduction
Duration:00:04:34
Chapter 12.1 What are you charging for?
Duration:00:02:13
Chapter 12.2 Organisations/sources of information to help you work out what other similar businesses charge
Duration:00:03:00
Chapter 12.3 Common terminology used in business when talking about pricing
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Chapter 12.4 Ways of pricing products
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Chapter 12.5 Using pricing as a promotional tool (i.e to increase sales)
Duration:00:01:31
Chapter 12.6 How do you know if you should do something for free?
Duration:00:07:20
Chapter 12.7 Ways to help you feel more confident
Duration:00:01:36
Chapter 12.8 Review
Duration:00:00:45
Part 5 Finding Your Customers introduction
Duration:00:00:15
Chapter 13 Marketing Your Business Introduction
Duration:00:00:16
Section 13.1 What is marketing?
Duration:00:00:58
Section 13.2 Marketing platforms
Duration:00:02:12
Section 13.3 How to get an online presence
Duration:00:03:56
Section 13.4 Scheduling for social media
Duration:00:02:22
Section 13.5 Planning your content
Duration:00:02:17
Section 13.6 Writing a marketing plan
Duration:00:00:46
Section 13.7 Review
Duration:00:00:45
Chapter 14 Understanding Customers Introduction
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Chapter 14.1 What to do once you and your customers start communicating with each other
Duration:00:00:48
Section 14.2 How do you make conversions happen?
Duration:00:02:27
Section 14.3 How do you tell customers what they want to hear?
Duration:00:02:14
Section 14.4 What if customers say no?
Duration:00:03:12
Section 14.5 What is a customer journey?
Duration:00:03:33
Section 14.6 What is customer retention/loyalty?
Duration:00:05:55
Section 14.7 Review
Duration:00:00:51
Part 6 Formal Business Set-Up Introduction
Duration:00:00:16
Chapter 15 Business Structures and Registration Introduction
Duration:00:00:05
Section 15.1 What is a business type and structure?
Duration:00:01:42
Section 15.2 What options are there for business structures?
Duration:00:14:20
Section 15.3 How do you register as self employed?
Duration:00:05:33
Section 15.4 Review
Duration:00:00:25
Chapter 16 Tax Introduction
Duration:00:00:04
Section 16.1 What are business and tax years?
Duration:00:02:03
Section 16.2 What is bookkeeping?
Duration:00:00:45
Section 16.3 What is a tax return?
Duration:00:01:12
Section 16.4 What does tax deductible mean?
Duration:00:02:31
Section 16.5 What are your tax obligations?
Duration:00:06:56
Section 16.6 Do you need a pension?
Duration:00:01:53
Section 16.7 Review
Duration:00:00:41
Chapter 17 Bookkeeping Introduction
Duration:00:00:03
Section 17.1 How can you do bookkeeping?
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Section 17.2 What is a bookkeeper?
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Section 17.3 What is an accountant and when should you use one?
Duration:00:03:27
Section 17.4 Example bookkeeping
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Section 17.5 Review
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Chapter 18 Common Business Documents Introduction
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Section 18.1 What is an invoice and what do you put on it?
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Section 18.2 What are receipts, what are they for?
Duration:00:01:15
Section 18.3 What is a business plan?
Duration:00:01:51
Section 18.4 One more thing
Duration:00:01:02
Section 18.5 Review
Duration:00:00:34
Part 7 Day-to-Day Running of a Business introduction
Duration:00:00:10
Chapter 19 Buying Stock for Your Business Introduction
Duration:00:00:05
Section 19.1 How do you buy things for your business?
Duration:00:00:56
Section 19.2 Ways to pay
Duration:00:01:16
Section 19.3 What is manufacturing?
Duration:00:01:05
Section 19.4 Review
Duration:00:00:31
Chapter 20 Networking Introduction
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Section 20.1 What is networking?
Duration:00:00:59
Section 20.2 How to make new connections
Duration:00:01:29
Section 20.3 How to maintain connections
Duration:00:01:11
Section 20.4 How to make the most of connections
Duration:00:00:26
Section 20.5 How to evaluate connections
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Section 20.6 Real-life examples of how networking works
Duration:00:04:31
Section 20.7 How you could network
Duration:00:10:10
Section 20.8 Review
Duration:00:00:49
Chapter 21 Getting Paid for Your Work Introduction
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Section 21.1 Terminology
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Section 21.2 What to expect when getting paid
Duration:00:00:44
Section 21.3 Cash flow when working with accrual customers:clients
Duration:00:02:33
Section 21.4 Managing cash flow
Duration:00:05:54
Section 21.5 More details about payment methods
Duration:00:03:40
Section 21.6 What to do if a customer doesn't pay or pays late
Duration:00:02:16
Section 21.7 Review
Duration:00:00:36
Part 8 Self-Employment Stories Introduction
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Madge the piano teacher
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Niche Comics
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Creativity Explored
Duration:00:06:46
Alex's Assistance
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Edmonton (Canada) Focus Group
Duration:00:04:59
Kindling Studios
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Stutterking Bakery
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John's Crazy Socks
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Shane the web developer
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Leith: Aspiehelp
Duration:00:02:05
Wenn Lawson
Duration:00:00:23
Greg the handyman
Duration:00:03:45
Robyn
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Ending Credits
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