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Leaving the Family Home: Opportunities and Obstacles for Autistic Adults
…Campus Setting/Farmstead: These settings can be either provider-owned/controlled or consumer owned/controlled and are communities within the greater community. Individuals who live there may have pedestrian access to day activities or…
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Increase Neuro-Inclusive Housing in Your Community: Here’s How!
…with autism; founder, CEO and president of First Place AZ; and co-founder of the Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC). Footnotes www.firstplaceaz.org/wp-content/uploads/APITW-Report-01.05.21.pdf#page=72 www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/features/adults-living-with-autism-spectrum-disorder.html www.autismhousingnetwork.org/tool-kit-to-create-autism-after-21-day-in-your-community/ www.autismhousingnetwork.org/apitw-2/ www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/24/982.207 www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/24/960.206 www.usich.gov/resources/uploads/asset_library/PHA_WaitList.pdf www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing/pha/contacts…
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Social Skills and Asperger’s Syndrome: “Big Picture” Thinking
…of Smart Kids with LD and CT Assoc for Children with LD, is a resource professional on Asperger.com and NLDline.com, and writes a blog, “People Skills,” for Psychology Today (www.psychologytoday.com/blog/people-skills)….
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Post-Secondary Employment for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
…disabilities who have significant learning challenges, their post-secondary goal may be to obtain competitive employment. The goal of this paper is to examine a post-secondary employment trends and outcomes for…
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Why Is There Laughter During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
…reciprocal social communication and interaction and also restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, both present from early childhood (DSM-5, 2013). We live in an era where social communication and interaction may…
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The Sibling Project at the Mental Health Association in Orange County, NY
…Thomas Bull Memorial Park. Watching those kids playing together after months of isolation really warmed my heart, and it made me hopeful that the best is yet to come. Although…
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Talking to Siblings About ASD
…families to keep the lines of communication open. Julie M. Wolf, PhD There are a number of ways that parents can create an environment that encourages open communication among family…
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Understanding the Relationship Between Autism, OCD, and Repetitive Behaviors
…in a way that could realistically neutralize or prevent whatever they are meant to address, or they are clearly excessive. Some common examples of OCD symptoms include obsessions such as:…
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Considerations in Diagnostic Assessment of Females for Autism Spectrum Disorder
…Record Review (for history of developmental levels: cognition, language, motor (previous testing information; psychiatric history; medical history; context: home, school/work, community)) Interview (with parent: history of development, play and social…
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Transition Readiness for an Individual with Autism Spectrum Disorder
…LCSW, BCBA-D, is Director of Consultation and Community Outreach, and Aimee Haray, MS, BCBA, is Clinical Director at Milestones Behavioral Services. For more information, please visit our website at www.mbs-inc.org…
