The purpose of this booklet is to help staff of public, private and voluntary organizations create a welcoming and inclusive environment for customers with disabilities.
This guide helps young adults with disabilities plan for future needs including health care, employment, education and independent living.
Madison House Autism Foundation is dedicated to creating awareness of the lifespan challenges adults with autism and their families face.
Do2learn provides social skills and behavioral regulation activities and guidance, learning songs and games, communication cards, academic material, and transition guides for employment and life skills.
This organization provides an array of lifelong individualized support services for adults on the autism spectrum and those with developmental and social disabilities.
Parents discussed how they, the child with the disability, and the siblings addressed community perceptions about the child’s disability.
To compare the status of transition planning for students with intellectual disability, autism, or other disabilities, we used data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2, a federally funded, national study of the secondary and postschool experiences of students with disabilities.
Understanding the financial well-being of single mothers who care for children with developmental disabilities is important to ensure that public policies can be effectively targeted to support these vulnerable families.
Differences between 70 adults with autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disability and 70 age-matched adults with Down syndrome were examined on variables indicative of independence in adult life.
The experiences of individuals in middle adulthood with Asperger syndrome have been the subject of little previous research, especially in terms of their experience of support services. In the present research, 11 adults with Asperger syndrome were interviewed.
