Mobilizing to Maintain Continuity of the Yes She Can Training Program

• By: Lesli Cattan, LCSW Yes She Can
• July 1st, 2020
• anxiety, COVID-19, emotional support, job coaching, job skills, summer 2020 issue, technology, virtual, young women
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Yes She Can provides a job skills training program for young women with autism and related social and learning disabilities. The program is implemented at Girl AGain boutique where clinical professionals and business managers coach trainees in all aspects of running the business. It has been a...

Supporting Young Women with ASD Through Transition Services, Employment and Volunteer Opportunities

• By: Tibi Guzmán The Arc Westchester
• April 1st, 2020
• community, employment, Spring 2020 Issue, transition, volunteering, workplace, young women
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Over the next decade, approximately half a million young people on the autism spectrum will transition to adulthood (Demer, 2018). When they turn 21, they must leave behind the programming and funding that has supported them throughout their lives, with many families not knowing what to do next....