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Autistic Lived Experience: When I Learned that Helen Keller Believed in Eugenics
…is common across our community, I have a penchant for analytical thinking as a means of helping me make sense of the world. When I analyze something about which I…
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How Supported Decision-Making Can Help Family Caregivers
…Getting the Community Life You Want: A Guide to Home and Community Based Services Advocacy – Boggs Center: http://rwjms.umdnj.edu/departments_institutes/boggscenter/products/GettingtheCommunityLifeYouWant.html Person-Centered Planning Tool – NJ Department of Human Services: http://www.nj.gov/humanservices/ddd/documents/Documents%20for%20Web/PCPT%203-13-13.pdf Supported…
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Positive Psychology Offers Guideposts for Optimism to Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum
…through her website at www.drvaleriegaus.com. References Attwood, T. (2006). The Complete Guide to Asperger’s Syndrome. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Butler, A.C., Chapman, J.E., Forman, E.M., & Beck, A.T. (2006). The…
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The Transition from Preschool to School-Age Special Education: CPSE to CSE
…often use measures that are not sensitive to the complex challenges that these children have. For example, these children often have excellent vocabulary (semantic knowledge). However, they are weak in…
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Social Skills Interventions: Considering Generalization
…used in conjunction with practice, such as role-playing. For example, after reading a social story, the child then practices the skill introduced in the story, such as initiation or “politely…
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Organizing Virtual Learning Materials for Students with Autism
…for Transition Program at the University of Arkansas – Fayetteville. To contact the author, email Nancy at nhochmut@uark.edu. Additional Resources JoeSchedule.com – This website provides several free example schedules, and…
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Disclosing an ASD Diagnosis: There is Another Option
You are on the spectrum and searching for jobs. You’ve prepared your resume, practiced interview skills, written cover letters, applied for jobs. You also might have considered whether or not…
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A Parent Advocateโs Hard-Fought Journey
…the process. The officer made a favorable finding. Daniel received reading practice before school with his classroom teacher as well as additional extended summertime services. This early success spurred me…
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The Soft Skills – A Call to Remember the (Not so Easy) Steps to Success
…School, located in Waldwick, NJ. She is also a Member of the Board of Trustees for The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation. For more information, please visit www.theforumschool.com or email vicki.ofmani@theforumschool.com….
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To Speak or Not to Speak Only English
…Ohashi, et.al (2012) compared the severity of ASD related communication impairment, age of first words, age of first phrases, expressive and receptive language, and functional communication scores of bilingual (English…
