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The Person Doesn’t Change. The System Around Them Does.
At UCLA's PEERS Clinic, I coached autistic teenagers learning social skills that could help them navigate adulthood. Later, as a behavioral therapist, I worked directly with autistic individuals and their families in their homes. One mother stopped me after a session. Her daughter had just...
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Financial Mistakes Parents of Children With Autism Should Avoid
The financial side of an autism diagnosis often catches parents off guard just as much as the clinical side. Here are six mistakes to avoid. Clinical directors and Board-Certified Behavior Analysts sit across the table from families every week during intake meetings, treatment plan reviews, and...
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A Place of Their Own: Residential Services for Soon-to-Be Adults with Autism
An unprecedented number of families will soon watch their children with autism leave school and flood the adult disability system. Up to a half million children with autism will reach adulthood in the next decade, according to estimates.1, 2 These children, the first wave of the so-called...
