Integrating Special Interests and Passions for Successful Employment

• By: Emily Brooks
• April 1st, 2014
• career development, employment, neurodiversity, social skills, special interests, vocational support, workplace inclusion
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As the 1 in 88 age out of the public school system in the US, autism service providers and organizations are questioning how to best meet the workplace needs of adults of all ages with autism spectrum disorders. As a journalist diagnosed on the autism spectrum myself, I have had my fair share of...

Digital Storytelling Enhances Self-Expression for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum

• By: Lorraine Cohen, MS, CCC-SLP AHRC New York City
• January 1st, 2014
• assistive technology, community inclusion, Digital storytelling, expression, Mobile technology, self-expression, social skills development, technology, transition to adulthood
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At AHRC News York City, digital storytelling is enhancing self-expression for individuals on the autism spectrum through a community service-learning partnership with Pace University. AHRC New York City is a large, family-governed, nonprofit organization that has been serving individuals with...

Developing Self-Reflection and Resilience in Adolescents with Asperger’s Syndrome and High Functioning Autism

• By: Dot Lucci, MEd, CAGS Massachusetts General Hospital Lurie Center and Aspire
• January 1st, 2014
• adult, college, emotional regulation, resilience building, self-awarenesss, social competence, social skills development, stress management, technology-assisted learning
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Some key ingredients to success as an adult in college or in work are: self-awareness, self-reflection, stress management, social competence, and resilience. This is true for everyone with and without disability. It would be fabulous if we could eliminate stress from all our lives; however stress...

The Sex Talk

• By: Carrie Cariello
• January 1st, 2014
• autism acceptance, Autism disclosure, developmental disability, family relationships, mental health, neurodiversity, parent-child communication, sex, stigma reduction
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So, we’ve got this guy in middle school now. And he is all sorts of cool. Savvy. Phrases like let’s play have been replaced by let’s hang out.  He makes scrambled egg sandwiches for himself in the morning and wants to walk home from the bus stop alone in the afternoon. There is swagger in...

Financial Literacy for ASD College Students

• By: Mary R. Cohen, PhD The Center for Teaching and Research in Autism, Pace University
• October 1st, 2013
• college students, credit card debt, executive functioning, financial literacy, financial scams, impulsive spending, money, money management
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I was having lunch with my daughter, a recent college graduate, and she remarked that in her opinion the main thing today’s college students are unprepared for is managing their finances. She said “No one really teaches us everything we need to know. What we really need are courses on financial...

A New Way of Thinking About Autism

• By: Eric London, MD NYS Institute for Basic Research
• July 1st, 2013
• brain biology, diagnosis, diagnostic criteria, DSM, mental health research, neurodevelopmental disorders, psychiatric diagnosis, research domain criteria
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On April 29, 2013 Dr. Thomas Insel, the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), wrote on the NIMH Director’s Blog that the Institute will be re-orienting its research away from currently used diagnostic categories (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual or “DSM”) and...