Review: Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease

Women, Work, and Autoimmune DiseaseI read Women, Work and Autoim­mune Dis­ease by Ros­alind Joffe and Joan Fried­lan­der a few months back, but for some rea­son my review on Ama­zon never showed up, and I didn’t think to keep a copy for myself. It seems to finally be there now, so I’ll put it here, too (slightly expanded).

This book is one the best I’ve ever found for those of us who have chronic ill­nesses, but want to con­tinue work­ing. It goes beyond the stan­dard “cop­ing tips” to talk bluntly about pac­ing your­self, search­ing for a job, keep­ing a job, nego­ti­at­ing with your employer for accom­mo­da­tions, and being self-employed. Top­ics like “when do I dis­close a disability/illness?” are cov­ered by authors who have exten­sive per­sonal expe­ri­ence build­ing their careers despite chronic illnesses.

The title does refer specif­i­cally to women, but I think the book can also be very use­ful for men. Like­wise, there’s no rea­son to limit read­er­ship to peo­ple with autoim­mune diseases.

I’ll be buy­ing copies to send to some of my friends. I don’t plan to let mine out of my sight! I hope to get a copy of the accom­pa­ny­ing work­book soon, as well.

Joffe’s blog, Work­ing With Chronic Ill­ness, is also good reading.

May 29, 2008  Tags: autoimmune disease, chronic illness, Joan Friedlander, Rosalind Joffee, working  Posted in: disability, employment, Resources

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