Tackling the Unemployment Crisis for Adults with Asperger Syndrome

• By: Marcia Scheiner Asperger Syndrome Training and Employment Partnership (ASTEP)
• October 1st, 2011
• adults, Asperger’s, employment, jobs, unemployment
• 13884    1

Those of us who are touched by autism – either personally or professionally – are all too aware of the statistics for this population. In its most recent estimates, the Center for Disease control projects that 1 in 110 individuals in the U.S. are born with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)....

Support that Really Works – LifeMAP Coaching for Adults with Asperger Syndrome

• By: Nomi Kaim The Autism/Asperger Network (AANE)
• October 1st, 2010
• actually autistic, adults, independence, life coaching, LifeMAP
• 3030    0

Toni (name changed) has lived alone for most of her 63 years, plagued with a nagging sense of hopelessness and never enough money. With no family supports to speak of, she often felt utterly alone. Her tiny government-subsidized apartment used to be crammed floor-to-ceiling with old books, papers,...