Preparing Autistic Teens for Adulthood After Graduation: Building Skills, Confidence, and Opportunities

• By: Ronald B. Smith, MBA, PMP
• November 3rd, 2026
• employment, graduation, healthcare transition, IEP transition planning, life skills, post-secondary education, teens, transition to adulthood
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Graduation is supposed to be the beginning. For an autistic teenager, however, it can also be a major disruption. For 12 or more years, life has been structured around school. There are teachers, schedules, classmates, assignments, transportation, and familiar routines. Then the diploma arrives,...

Starting with AHRC NYC Program, Student with Autism Earns Bachelor’s from Hunter College: A First for Melissa Riggio Higher Education Program

• By: Lynn Uhlfelder Berman AHRC New York City
• April 1st, 2022
• accommodations, college, education, graduation, higher education, inclusion, peer mentors, self-advocacy, Spring 2022 Issue, transition
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Sam Wilkinson always knew he would go to college. However, he recalled having some doubts after enrolling in AHRC New York City’s Melissa Riggio Higher Education Program (MHREP) at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC). The program provides a fully inclusive higher education...