Supporting Students with Autism Through Evidence-Based Employment Intervention

• By: Dianne Zager, PhD Shrub Oak International School
• July 1st, 2018
• employment, Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction, summer 2018 issue, transition, unemployment, Universal Design for Transition
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Unemployment rates for people with disabilities currently are hovering around 80%, with even higher rates for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017). Over the past several decades, employment outcomes for students with autism have remained consistently poor...

Supporting Students on the Autism Spectrum: Many Things Need to Change

• By: Karl Wittig, PE Aspies for Social Success (AFSS)
• July 1st, 2018
• actually autistic, advocacy, diagnosis, mindfulness, summer 2018 issue
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It has been a long time since I was a student. In fact, it would be many years before most people would even have heard the word autism, and decades before I was finally diagnosed on the spectrum. As such, I never received any supports or accommodations. Fortunately, I managed to succeed...