TY - JOUR
T1 - “What About Us?” Exploring What It Means to Be a Management Educator With Asperger’s Syndrome
AU - Wright, Sarah
AU - Kaupins, Gundars
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - Very little is known on the subject of educators with Asperger’s syndrome (AS), and the available information pales in comparison to the enormous literature studying students with AS. While there are many resources for engaging students with AS, and increasing awareness of how AS affects student learning, discussions about the implications for teaching and learning from the instructor’s perspective are much harder to find. In this article, Professor Gundy Kaupins shares his thoughts and experiences related to the issues educators with AS face and offers an alternative lens to see the advantages that having AS can bring to the management education classroom. Professor Kaupins also offers ideas for behavioral solutions and considerations for future research. We finish with a commentary on the individual and institutional issues pertaining to disclosure of “differences” and invisible disability in the university classroom.
AB - Very little is known on the subject of educators with Asperger’s syndrome (AS), and the available information pales in comparison to the enormous literature studying students with AS. While there are many resources for engaging students with AS, and increasing awareness of how AS affects student learning, discussions about the implications for teaching and learning from the instructor’s perspective are much harder to find. In this article, Professor Gundy Kaupins shares his thoughts and experiences related to the issues educators with AS face and offers an alternative lens to see the advantages that having AS can bring to the management education classroom. Professor Kaupins also offers ideas for behavioral solutions and considerations for future research. We finish with a commentary on the individual and institutional issues pertaining to disclosure of “differences” and invisible disability in the university classroom.
KW - Asperger’s syndrome
KW - autism
KW - invisible disability
KW - management education
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85042549596&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1052562917747013
DO - 10.1177/1052562917747013
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85042549596
SN - 1052-5629
VL - 42
SP - 199
EP - 210
JO - Journal of Management Education
JF - Journal of Management Education
IS - 2
ER -