Inclusive Housing: How Sensory-Friendly Features Can Help Address a Growing Need

• By: Ann Carrick, MA Madison House Autism Foundation
• January 10th, 2024
• autistic adults, community initiatives, design accommodations, housing, housing challenges, inclusion, inclusive housing, individualized accessibility, neurodiversity, sensory issues, sensory-friendly housing, Winter 2024 Issue
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Home should be a place where you can relax, feel safe, unwind from the day, and feel like it is your space. However, not everyone has that option. To illustrate, in our work of supporting inclusive housing for autistic adults for over 16 years at Madison House Autism Foundation, we have found that...

Aging with Autism: Innovations for Independent Living to Address the Housing Crisis

• By: Stacey Ledbetter Nflyte
• October 2nd, 2023
• aging caregivers, assistive technology, autistic adults, Fall 2023 Issue, housing crisis, independent living, innovation, lifelong support, mobile apps, parental advocacy, services cliff, smart home, supportive communities, technology, transition to adulthood
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At the beginning of the COVID pandemic, a friend came down with a particularly bad case of the virus which required emergency transport to the hospital. Laying on the gurney in the back of the ambulance she panicked as they placed the oxygen mask over her face. The EMS workers were frustrated with...

Why I Made the Difficult Decision to Not Have Children

• By: Angela Chapes Autistic Self-Advocate
• April 1st, 2022
• actually autistic, autistic adults, cats, children, genetics, parenting, self-advocacy, Spring 2022 Issue
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In the last year, I have accomplished a lot. More than I used to think I could do in my life. I made a life decision never to have kids. I underwent a procedure to keep from getting pregnant. I have become a confident woman. I know what I want in my life. My decision is based on childhood...