Webpage: TeachersFirst’s Resources on Autism Spectrum Disorders and Asperger’s
This webpage from TeachersFirst offers a collection of lessons, units, and web resources for educators of students with autism.
Guide: Michigan’s Department of Community Health: Transition Planning: A Guidebook for Young Adults and Family
This guide helps young adults with disabilities plan for future needs including health care, employment, education and independent living.
Website: Chapel Haven
This organization provides an array of lifelong individualized support services for adults on the autism spectrum and those with developmental and social disabilities.
Info Brief: Think College: Healthy & Ready for College
This brief focuses on healthcare transitions and provides strategies that can be used in college and afterward to help young people with disabilities in managing and making decisions about their healthcare.
Guide: Institute for Community Inclusion: Moving on to High School
This tip sheet is designed to help parents of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities transition from middle school to high school.
Guide: Work Without Limits: School Days to Pay Days
This booklet is designed to help families of young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities get started with the school-to-work transition process.
Research Article: Transition Planning for Students With Intellectual Disability, Autism, or Other Disabilities: Data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2
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.
Research Article: Social Interactions of Students with Disabilities Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication in Inclusive Classrooms
The purpose of this study was to explore the naturally occurring social interactions for students with disabilities who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in general education classrooms.
Research Article: Changes in Maladaptive Behaviors From Midchildhood to Young Adulthood in Autism Spectrum Disorder
The current study prospectively examined trajectories of change in symptoms of irritability, hyperactivity, and social withdrawal, as well as predictors of such behaviors, for ages 9–18 years for youths with autism spectrum disorder and a comparison group with nonspectrum developmental delays.
Research Article: Trajectory of Behavior and Emotional Problems in Autism
Little is known about the longitudinal development of behavior and emotional problems in autism. This study followed a cohort of children and adolescents over 18 years.
