Exceptional Children and Disability Information
Autism
Adults with Autism
- Understanding autism in adults: Understanding autism can be very difficult, even for individuals with personal experience living with it as a part of them. These resources are designed to give you a deeper understanding of autism in adults.
- Transition to the world of work: first hand experience from a professor involved with students with Autism transitioning from school to the world of work.
- Choosing the right job:Jobs need to be chosen that make use of the strengths of people with autism or Asperger's syndrome. Both high and low functioning people have very poor short-term working memory, but they often have a better long-term memory than most normal people.
- A parent's support group: dedicated to raising awareness of services and supported living arrangements needed for the entire spectrum of adults with autism through developing and implementing educational programs
- Adults on the Autism Spectrum: Children grow to be adults and adults have different needs. There are many adults on the autism spectrum in our society and over the next few decades those numbers will grow substantially. Meeting the needs of those adults will determine how successful their lives are.
- Autism community resources by state: an excellent state by state listing of available community resources for adults with Autism.
- Adolescents and adults with Autism: a complete resource directory, advice and support phone contact, books and articles from The National Autistic Society.
