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Meeting the Needs of Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders
People with autism spectrum disorders face lifelong challenges and require lifelong services. The services needed vary tremendously from person to person and across different ages. The needs of adolescents and adults with autism are great, yet their access to services is often poor. Families must...
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Life Coaching for Young Adults with High-Functioning Autism
In the fall of 2006, Job Path launched Life-Coaching for Young Adults with High-Functioning Autism. The program finds innovative ways to help individuals with high-functioning autism, such as Asperger’s Syndrome, reach their potential through college attendance, work, volunteer positions and...
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Key Issues in Therapy with Adults with Asperger’s
I have several guiding principles when working with adults with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS). First and foremost, people with AS are more like than unlike the rest of us. AS individuals experience the same emotions, thoughts, life situations and challenges as anyone else. Therefore, when working...
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Incorporating Exercise in a Healthy Lifestyle for Adults on the Autism Spectrum
Addressing the needs of adults on the autism spectrum would be remiss if it failed to include the adoption of a healthy lifestyle. The United States is faced with an obesity epidemic that affects people of all ethnic backgrounds and types of disabilities. Currently 2/3 of the population of the...
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Fostering Successful Social Skill Development in Young Adulthood
A parent recently came to us to ask whether it is important to include social skills goals as part of her son’s high school Individualized Education Plan (IEP). He is a bright young man who has one friend who shares similar interests. He would like to go to college, pursue a professional career,...
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College Coaching for Students with Asperger Syndrome
Most college disability officers tell us that there has been a recent and significant increase in students on the autism spectrum attending college. This increase stems from a number of factors including the early recognition of these conditions and appropriate intervention during the developmental...
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Closer to the Dream of a Brighter Future for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
In 2002, when The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation developed its first three programs for adolescents and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and awarded grants to support them, no one in the autism community was talking about adults with autism. That was the point. During my son Danny’s...
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Autism Spectrum and the Clinical Geneticist: An Approach to the Family
More than any other condition, autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a group of diseases that affects families. They have profound effects on the individual with the disorder, and significantly alter the lives of parents, siblings, the family, and the community. The extended nature of ASDs has...
