Set Up for Success: Vista Life Innovations’ Three-Step Employment Model

• By: Becky Lipnick Vista Life Innovations
• June 25th, 2021
• careers, employment, employment assessment, independence, mock interviews, success, Summer 2021 Issue, transition programs, vocational training
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Employment can be a source of anxiety for both individuals with disabilities and their families. The rate of unemployment or underemployment for those with autism in the U.S. is particularly high compared to those with other disabilities or the general population (Ohl et al., 2017). Despite the...

A Scaffolded Approach to Supporting Individuals with Autism in the Community

• By: Ernst VanBergeijk, PhD, MSW Krista Di Gregorio The Threshold Program at Lesley University
• March 26th, 2021
• community, employment, independence, independent living, post-secondary support, scaffolding, Spring 2021 Issue, students, support services, transition program, unemployment, vocational training, young adults
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The outcomes for young adults with ASDs are well-known and well-documented. Without intervention young adults with ASD fail to reach basic young adult milestones in terms of independent living, employment, and social and romantic relationships. “Research suggests 70% of individuals with ASD will...

High School Student Forms Nonprofit Devoted to Improving Neurodiversity in the Workplace

• By: Isabella He SN Inclusion
• October 20th, 2020
• career, education, employment, entrepreneur, neurodiversity, nonprofit, partnerships, virtual tutoring, vocational training
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Isabella He, a junior at Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California, started the nonprofit organization SN Inclusion to bring career-technical education to individuals with special needs. SN Inclusion is dedicated to preparing individuals with special needs for careers through...

Strengthening Community Engagement with Vocational Training and Employment for Young Adults with Autism

• By: Julie Weiss, MSEd, BCBA, LABA Julie LeBlanc, MS, BCBA, LABA New England Center for Children
• October 1st, 2019
• ABA, community, employer partnerships, employment, Fall 2019 Issue, vocational training
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We want our students with autism to be able to answer the question, “What are you going to be when you grow up?” Vocational training and employment provides a sense of belonging, improved quality of life, community inclusion, and a paycheck. Historically, however, employment rates for adults...

The Alien World of Work for Adults with Autism

• By: Matthew Ratz, MEd
• October 1st, 2013
• employment, vocational training
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After college, one is confronted with the confounding world of job searching. Unlike anything one has experienced before, a job search is filled with resumes, cover letters, and interviews, salary negotiations, networking, and writing that looks nothing like the work just finished to earn a degree....

Comprehensive Transition and Post-Secondary Programs – An Emerging Model for Transitioning Individuals with ASDs to Adulthood

• By: Paul Cavanagh, PhD, MSW Ernst VanBergeijk, PhD, MSW New York Institute of Technology Vocational Independence Program
• April 1st, 2012
• college, independence, transition, vocational training
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For many higher functioning individuals on the autism spectrum and their families, the road to independence and adulthood can be very puzzling. Although the student may possess the intellectual ability and be “otherwise qualified” to attend college or post-secondary vocational training, their...