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The Challenges of Adolescence for Females with ASDs
…reached at ezaklis@behaviortherapyassociates.com or rpanter@behaviortherapyassociates.com and at www.BehaviorTherapyAssociates.com. References Agran, M., Wehmeyer, M.L. (2000). Promoting Transition Goals and Self-Determination Through Student Self-Directed Learning: The Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction. Education…
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What Autistics Can Contribute to Technology
…be valued for their strengths in the workplace. Spectrum | Autism Research News. Retrieved from https://www.spectrumnews.org/opinion/autistic-people-valued-strengths-workplace/ Waters, P. (2014). Makerspaces for Students with Special Needs. Edutopia. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/makerspaces-students-with-special-needs-patrick-waters Winter-Messiers,…
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Scaling Inclusive Practices Through Technology
…from both the media and professional publications as a model for children with autism in the public school system. To learn more about Rethink, please visit www.rethinkfirst.com or email info@rethinkfirst.com….
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How Weβve Always Done It
…Permanent Remote Work — Virtualization Review. [online] Available at: https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2020/05/13/permanent-remote-work.aspx [Accessed 21 May 2020]. The Verge. 2020. Square Announces Permanent Work-From-Home Policy. [online] Available at: https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/18/21261798/square-employees-work-from-home-remote-premanent-policy-ceo [Accessed 21 May 2020]….
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Integrated Healthcare and Autism Spectrum Disorders
…Bilello, DDS, is Director of Dentistry at Metro Community Health Centers, Inc. For more information, please visit http://www.mchcnyc.org. Metro Community Health Centers, Inc. (MCHC), recognized by the National Committee of…
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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: Hereβs 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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Autism, Law Enforcement and Disclosure: Advice from Twenty Years in the Training Room
…Picture Exchange Communications Systems (PECS), or computers that can speak for them. If verbal, their communications may be understood only by a family member, caregiver, or teacher. More often than…
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Finding the Right Employment for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
…the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 21% of all adults with disabilities participated in the labor force as compared with 69% of non-disabled adults (www.autism-society.org/about-autism/facts-and-statistics.html). This is a truly alarming…
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Parent Voices Drove Autism Certification Standards
…and families Increase social contacts and support communities Network with governmental, educational, employer, and other community resources Promote research-based therapies with peer-reviewed track records Train staff…
